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Panola College Men's Basketball Team Defeats South Plains College

The Panola College men's basketball team defeats 5th ranked South Plains

College, 76-69

 

Levelland, Texas - The Panola College men's basketball team defeated South

Plains College, 78-69. With the win, the Ponies improve their record to

6-2. "This was a huge win for our program." stated Head Coach Grant

McMillan. "Not many teams go in and win at South Plains.They have a Hall of

Fame Coach sitting over there, this game will help us come January and

February. Our guys competed at a high level and kept on answering the bell

time and time again." He added.

 

Offensively, Panola was led by Charles Tucker (*Lansing, Michigan*) netting

22 points and was a perfect 8 for 8 from the free throw line. He also

dished out nine assists. Devyn Wilson (*Brooklyn, New York*) and Tope

Arikawe (*Nigeria*) also scored in double-figures with 15 and 12,

respectively. Terry Holt (*Nashville, Tennessee*) came off the bench and

went a perfect 4 for 4 from the three point line to help the Ponies

offense. Arikawe led the team in rebounds chasing down 11. As a team,

Panola shot 50 precent from the field and 64 percent from the three point

line. Panola out rebounded South Plains, 43-33.

 

Panola will next be in action this upcoming Saturday, November 21st as they

take on Coastal Bend. Tip-off is set for 4:00 PM at the Arthur Johnson

Gymnasium.

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