Panthers power past Jackets for 80-63 win

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Quentin Toles scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and collected three steals, and Logan McIntire produced 18 points with nine rebounds to pace the Kentucky Wesleyan College men’s basketball team in an 80-63 conference win over Cedarville on Saturday in Cedarville, Ohio.

It was the second win in a row for the Panthers (12-4, 6-2 G-MAC), who bounced back from a pair of road losses earlier this month and still remain third in the league standings.

“We needed this week for our confidence and our belief that we can be a contender in a very good conference with some very good basketball teams,” KWC head coach Drew Cooper said on his postgame radio show. “Hillsdale and Findlay are very unforgiving when you look at the stands and you’re feeling good about yourself, and they just take care of business — so we’ve got to do the same.

“I will say it’s nice. We have 12 games left, and eight of them are at home, so the schedule kind of slips to our advantage now that we’ve gotten these back-to-back road trips out of the way. So off we go.”

Wesleyan hit season-high shooting marks in the win, making 55.4% of its shots from the field and 50% from beyond the arc (11-of-22).

The Panthers assumed a 12-11 lead a little more than six minutes into the contest before a jump shot from Eddy Jones Jr. sparked an 8-0 run, pushing KWC to a nine-point advantage with 12:21 left in the first half.

Cedarville (8-8, 3-6) fought back to within 24-22 on Sam Johnson’s layup with 8:33 left before halftime, but McIntire scored eight points in a 15-3 burst that gave Wesleyan a 39-25 halftime advantage.

KWC went up 52-37 on Alex Gray’s 3-pointer five minutes into the second half, and the Panthers kept the Yellow Jackets at bay from there. Alex Tsynkevich’s tip-in gave Wesleyan its largest lead of the night at 78-57 with 1:17 remaining.

Kennedy Miles finished with 14 points, six rebounds and six assists for KWC, while Jones tallied 12 points and five helpers. Gray also swiped a trio of…

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Author : Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.

Publish date : 2025-01-19 10:16:00

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