Three Marion County basketball Squads took to the Wells Fargo Arena floor on Saturday and two of them came away with wins as Knoxville took two from Newton 53-38 in the girls game and 57-54 in comeback fashion in the boys game, heard live on 95.3 KNIA, while the Twin Cedars girls fell to I-35 50-31. Starting with the Panthers, the girls got off to their second slow start in as many games, but Saturday after falling behind 10-3 to start, the Panthers clawed back and went to a match-up zone defense that frustrated Newton for the remainder of the game. Maggie Wilkins scored a career high 28 points to lead Knoxville who goes to 8-1 on the season. The boys, like the girls, fell behind early and seemed to be on a course to get blown out. Trailing by 16 points at the half the Panthers came out in the second half with renewed energy and stormed back to beat the Cardinals 57-to-54 as Ben Olsen made two clutch free throws with ten-seconds remaining to provide the final margin. Kieren Nichols, who himself got off to a slow start, scored 25 points, 17 in the second half to lead Knoxville, who is now 7-1. Both Knoxville squads will head to Centerville on Tuesday with the girls playing the Reddetts for first place in the South Central Conference. The Twin Cedars girls got off to a good start leading I-35 9-6 after one quarter, but the Roadrunners started pressuring the Sabers causing turnovers and Twin Cedars fell behind by double figures by halftime. Chloe Swank led the Sabers with 13 points, who will play Lamoni on Tuesday.