CHANUTE, KS. - Despite allowing 52 second-half points the Panthers got the win over the Cloud County T-Birds with sharpshooting and a balanced scoring attack.  The Panthers had five guys in double-digit scoring to help secure a 91-85 victory on Neosho's homecoming night.
 
The Panthers would take an early lead going 15 of 29 (51.7%) from the field and 7 of 12 (58.3%) from downtown.  The Panthers would take their largest lead of the night by 11 points with just 6:55 left in the first half.  The Cloud County T-Birds would make a late run to cut the Panthers lead and both teams would head for the locker rooms with the orange and black leading 40 to 33.
 
In the second half, the T-Birds would come out shooting as they knocked down 6 of 11 from deep and eventually took the lead after a 10 to 0 run.  The Panthers would respond with a flurry of threes hitting on 8 of 13 (60%) from deep.  The Panthers would ultimately finish off Cloud late in the game as they shot 9 for 11 from the charity stripe handing the T-Birds their second loss in a row. 
 
"I thought we did a nice job sharing the ball and playing as a team." Coach Jeremy Coombs said, "When we share the ball and make those extra passes we get high percentage shots."
 
KEY STORYLINES & STATISTICS
-- For the game, Neosho finished shooting 55.2% (32 of 58) from the field, 60% percent (15 of 25) from the three-point line and 80% (12 of 15) from the charity stripe.
-- With the win, the Panther sweep the T-Birds on the season as Neosho won in Concordia on January 29th (76-64).
-- Panthers had five guys in double-digit scoring – Jonathan Breeland Jr. lead the way with 21 points, Corbett Kimberlin added 16 points, Torey Cargo tossed in 15 points, James Taylor scored 13 points and Jae-min Yang finished with 11 points.
-- The Orange and Black are starting to peak at the right time as they have one more home conference game before hitting the road for the first round of playoffs that start next week.
 
UP NEXT
The Panthers will host their final conference game of the season Saturday night when the Red Devils of Allen County come to the Panther Gymnasium.  The tip is set for 7:30 pm – The Panthers will be honoring this year's sophomores before the men's game.
 
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