A week after their opening season win over P-C-M, the Knoxville Girls Basketball Squad goes to work on winning back-to-back South Central Conference championships beginning with Albia tonight at home. The Panthers are the overwhelming favorite to win the conference this season. Coach Jim Uitermarkt tells KNIA/KRLS Sports while the Panthers will have pressure to win every conference game this season, he relishes the chance to play in that environment. The boys are opening up their season. Coach Jeff Larson brings back just two starters from a team that went 9-13 last year, but had the lead at halftime in nine of those losses. Kieren Nichols returns as the leading scorer from last season. He scored six points per game last year and had 28 assists. You can hear the call on KNIA and kniakrls.com with Derek Cardwell and Brian Adams beginning with the pregame show at 6:15.

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