February 7, 2016 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.
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.
