No. 11 Auburn 83, Furman 62 GREENVILLE, S.C.--Both Furman head basketball coach Bob Richey and Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl have established themselves as two of the best in the business, and on Sunday, the two not only use their profession to benefit the community for a good cause, but both had the opportunity to improve their respective basketball teams as a byproduct of that good cause. The proceeds from the exhibition will go to Cleveland Park Restoration Fund following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene throughout the region. As for the game, the 11th-ranked Tigers ultimately showed their quality, depth and athleticism in the second half, coasting to an 83-62 win before a crowd of 4,017 Sunday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The Tigers would get a big afternoon from All-American and Naismath Award candidate Johni Broome, who posted 18 points and 14 boards, as he was one of five players in double figures to lead the Tigers. Broome finished the day 6-
Pete Yanity discusses the upcoming season with ETSU head coach Randy Sanders SoCon Media Day 2021 Click below for the live stream of Monday's media day interviews, as Pete Yanity interviews all nine head coaches and SoCon commissioner Jim Schaus SoCon Media Day | Watch ESPN The 100 th season of Southern Conference football kicked off at the Biltmore Estate Monday afternoon, highlighted by guest speaker and ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee, who detailed his humble beginnings helping out with Furman’s radio team during the late 1980s, which coincided with the Paladins’ hey-day as a football program, including working as a statistician with former Furman play-by-play broadcaster Doug Holliday, and even got a national championship ring as a result of his father, Dr. Jerry McGee, who worked at the school during that same time frame. Now as a best-selling author and host of the SEC Network’s “Marty and McGee”and on a day when college football coverage has been dominated by news of Ok