Monthly Archives: February 2022

Furman (19-11, 11-6 SoCon) will close out the 2021-22 regular-season Saturday afternoon with a trip to the low country of the Palmetto State to take on The Citadel (12-16, 6-11 SoCon) in a key league battle. Furman, which has already locked up a top three seed in the SoCon Tournament for a seventh-straight season, willContinue reading “Furman closes out the regular-season at The Citadel”

It’s true that Furman’s 25-point earlier this season at Wofford might have been a bit of an aberration, and Saturday’s 70-69 win by the Paladins was more an indicator of how close the games have been in recent memory. It was a game that finished similar to the last time the two met at theContinue reading “Furman sweeps Wofford for the first time in 16 years”

Just when it seemed the league race seemed easy to figure out following Saturday’s results, it is now harder to figure out although even with its 73-70 hiccup at home to UNC Greensboro, Chattanooga still seems primed for a regular-season title and the No. 1 overall seed in the Southern Conference Tournament, which commences MarchContinue reading “SoCon Hoops 2021-22: League race heating up down the stretch”

Furman got a game-high 25 points from senior guard Mike Bothwell, while classmate Alex Hunter chipped in with 23, as the Paladins snapped its first three-game SoCon losing streak since the 2015-16 season, with a 103-85 win over Western Carolina in Southern Conference action Wednesday night at the Liston B. Ramsey Center. With its 13th-straightContinue reading “Furman gets back on track with win at Western Carolina”

The season is coming at us fast and furious as we head down the stretch, and with Chattanooga’s 64-58 win in Greenville this past weekend, it would appear a fierce battle is ensuing for No.2-10 heading towards Asheville. Of particular interest is the middle of the league, which sees four teams knotted in the lossContinue reading “SoCon Hoops 2021-22: Mid-February update”

Chattanooga 64, Furman 58 For the 11th time in 27 games this season,  Chattanooga was forced to overcome a second-half deficit,  as the Mocs used a complete effort, which saw the duo of Darius Banks. (24 pts, 9 rebs, 2 assists) and Malachi Smith (20 pts, 9 rebs, 7 assists) combine for 44 of theContinue reading “Furman fades in second half against league-leading Mocs”

Western Carolina (9-16, 3-9 SoCon) at Chattanooga (20-5, 10-2 SoCon) Date and location: Feb. 9, 2022/Chattanooga, Tenn Venue: The Roundhouse/McKenzie Arena (10,995) Last Time They Met: Western Carolina 70, Chattanooga 59 (Jan. 12, 2022/Ramsey Center/Cullowhee, N.C.) Series: 99th meeting/Chattanooga leads 68-30 Preview: Fresh off what was one of the most thrilling mid-major basketball games ofContinue reading “SoCon Hoops 2021-22: Chattanooga hosts Western Carolina in a rare four-game week”

East Tennessee State got a balanced scoring effort, as LeDarrius Brewer posted a double-double of 20 points and 10 boards to lead five Bucs in double figures, as the Bucs snapped their five-game losing streak with a 75-71 win over Furman in a heated Southern Conference basketball contest before a boisterous crowd of 4,305 fans on-handContinue reading “Furman drops second-straight at ETSU”

When we look back at the 2021-22 Southern Conference regular-season, it may prove that the No. 1 seed upon arrival will point to the Week of Feb. 7-14 as being the one that ultimately decides the top overall seed when the teams head to Sky City next month. With either Chattanooga (19-5, 9-2 SoCon) orContinue reading “SoCon Basketball 2021-22: Chattanooga re-takes lead atop league standings”

In a 2022 NCAA Tournament venue, the SoCon’s defending NCAA Tournament representative met a red-hot Furman team hoping to end a 42-year NCAA Tournament drought later this season. For the better part of the 40 minutes on Saturday afternoon at ‘The Well’, it was the defending NCAA Tournament representative from the nation’s fifth-oldest conference thatContinue reading “Furman’s ‘well’ runs dry in loss to UNCG”