CONCORDIA, KS – Saturday afternoon the Panthers would come out firing on all cylinders knocking down a season-high 19 threes on the Cloud County Community College men's basketball. The Panthers would win the road game 94-76, inside of Arley Bryant Gymnasium on the campus of Cloud County Community College. The win completes the sweep of the T-Birds after previously taking down Cloud 84-70 , in Chanute back on March 6^th.

The Panthers would light up the scoreboard from downtown, but it was the 19 assists that stood out the most to Coach Jeremy Coombs.

"I thought the guys had a focus and edge about them that I hadn't seen in a while." But I thought we played as a team and made the extra pass several times that helped us shoot such a high percentage from three." -Head Coach Jeremy Coombs

The Panthers would jump out to an 11-0 start, but the T-birds did not go away cutting the Panthers lead to just 6 after the timeout by Cloud. The Panthers would respond by knocking down several more threes and would hold on to a 50-39 lead after twenty minutes of play.

Cloud County would come out of halftime running, scoring the first 4 points, but the Panthers weren't done as they would use a 10-0 run to lead the T-birds 63-44. Neosho would extend that lead at the media time out leading the T-birds by 22 points (72-50).

Following the media timeout, the Panthers offense would continue to explode knocking down three after three, and would take their largest lead of the night with 5:14 remaining to lead Cloud by 26 points. Coach Jeremy Coombs would then clear the bench getting every Panther suited up into action. The Panthers would complete the sweep of the T-birds by a score of 94-76.

The Panthers were led by freshman Cougar Downing who scored 24 points knocking down 6 of 8 from three-point land. Daniel Titus would finish with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Magic Reliford went for a cool 14 on 4 of 8 from three, while Tremaine Chesley finished with 13 points.

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The Panthers will have some much-needed time off before they travel to Independence on Wednesday, March 31^st for a 7:30 tip at the Independence Field House. Following Wednesday's game, the Panthers will then finish regular season play as they host the #18 Cowley Tigers Friday, April 2nd, in a makeup game from back on February 27^th.

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