Paris, Texas – The Panola College men’s basketball team defeated Paris
Junior College here Saturday night, 106-89. With the victory, Panola raises
their record to 19-6 overall and 10-4 in Region XIV play. “With about 10
minutes left to go in the first half, we finally got into attack mode.”
Stated Head Coach Grant McMillan. “We got paint touches and a variety of
people stepped up and made plays.” He added.
With 11:02 remaining in the first half Paris took their biggest lead of the
game, 28-16. Fueled by two separate three point plays, the Ponies offensive
began to hit on all cylinders as they took a 49-41 halftime lead. Panola
went on a 13-2 run to start the second half that took only 1:49 seconds to
extend their lead. Eventually, the Ponies took a 29 point lead in the
second half before taking the 17 point victory.
Leading the way offensively for Panola was James Suber (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania) who recorded 24 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. Suber
has logged two straight double-doubles for the Ponies. Freshman duo Tyonte
Robertson (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Devyn Wilson (Brooklyn, New York) combined
to hit six three-pointers while scoring 16 points apiece. Highlighted by
three second half slam dunks, Jonathan Wiley (Houston, Texas) came off the
bench to score 15 points. Chan Williams-Bey (Hartford, Connecticut) went a
perfect 5-5 from the field on his way to 12 points. The 106 points are a
season high for the Ponies
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Panola will next be in action this upcoming Wednesday, February 10th as
they host the number 1 team in the country, Trinity Valley Community
College. Tip-off is at 7:30 at Arthur Johnson Gymnasium.
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Adam Blaylock
Panola College
Men's Basketball Assistant
Cell - 402-841-6646
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