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Panola Wins

Tyler, Texas – The Panola College men’s basketball team picked up a victory
over Tyler Junior College here Saturday afternoon, 73-64. The win raises
Panola’s record to 20-8 and 11-6 in Region XIV play. “Other than the last
four minutes of the first half our guys did a tremendous job executing our
game plan.” Head Coach Grant McMillan said. “Our guys were really locked in
defensively in the second half.” He added.
 
 
Panola found themselves down 28-27 with 3:31 remaining in the first half,
when Tyler went on a 14-4 run to take a 42-31 halftime lead. The Ponies
gradually cut into Tyler’s lead in the second half when Charles Tucker
(Lansing, Michigan) nailed a three pointer to tie the game at 56 with 7:06
remain. Again,  Tyonte Robertson (Cincinnati, Ohio) drilled a three pointer
to tie the ball game 61 with 4:48 remaining. Two possessions later, Panola
finally took their first lead when Jonathan Wiley (Houston, Texas) chased
down an offensive rebound and put back the miss to take a 63-61 lead.
Panola never trailed the rest of the way.
 
 
Tucker led the offensive charge with 18 points. Chan Williams-Bey
(Hartford, Connecticut) netted 14 points and Devyn Wilson (Brooklyn, New
York) tallied 12 points in the win. Wiley and Robertson scored 11 points
each. Tope Arikawe (Nigeria) chased down 10 rebounds and swatted away six
shots. As a team, Panola held TJC to just 22 second half points.
 
 
Panola will next be in action this upcoming Wednesday February, 24th when
the host their final home game of the season again Navarro College. Tip-off
is set for 7:30 PM on the campus of Panola College.

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