The Knoxville Basketball Squad celebrated Panthers vs Cancer Night and split with Davis County on Friday with the girls losing 33-30 and the class 3A #4 boys dominating again 76-30 both games heard live on 95.3 KNIA. The girls fell behind early by 12 at the half, only scoring seven points. But came out in the 2nd half to outscore Davis County 23-14 but could not find the shot to win the game. Hannah Dunkin finished with 11 points to pace Knoxville. The boys did what they have been doing all season and blasted out of the gate for a 31-6 1st quarter lead and cruised from there. Four Panthers scored in double figures led by Kaiden Smith with 18 points. Coach Joel Keady told KNIA/KRLS Sports his team was able to keep their foot on the gas unlike Monday’s matchup with the Mustangs with great defense.

Keady: “We definitely wanted to come into this game wanting to know what they do and we knew they would play some zone. We saw some shots fall and locked in on defense and took care of business.”

Landen Norris scored 17 points, while Koby Higginbotham scored 13 and Lincoln Norris had ten points. The girls are now 4-11 on the season and 4-6 in the South Central Conference while the boys stay perfect at 13-0 and 10-0 in the South Central Conference. Both Panthers come back on Tuesday to host Chariton.

Photo from Ryan Northcote