OWENSBORO, Ky. - The Ohio Dominican Panthers (9-17, 5-13 G-MAC) men's basketball team traveled to Owensboro for a Great Midwest game against the other Panther team in the league.
The Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (20-6, 14-4) defeated Ohio Dominican 72-58 on Saturday (Feb. 22) in the Owensboro Sportscenter.
BOX SCORE NOTES
- Elijah Hinton paced the Panthers with 18 points and eight rebounds. Hinton was seven-of-14 on the floor, making one three and three-of-six free throws.
- Terrance Broughton scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds and three assists. He made six field goals with a trio of three pointers.
- Jaylan Green totaled ten points, five rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes off the bench.
- Derek Goodman and Brady Moore each made a three pointer for a total of three points.
- Carson Seemann stole five turnovers with his four rebounds.
- Zac Kimball was perfect shooting, making his one three point try and both free throw attempts.
- Ohio Dominican shot 41.5% from the floor in the game, making 22-of-53 field goals. Kentucky Wesleyan finished with a 45.8% field goal percentage, going 27-of-59 from the field.
- KWC made 12 threes to ODU's seven in the game with Kentucky Wesleyan winning the rebounding category 35-30.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- KWC got the lead to five points twice in the first two minutes (5-0 & 8-3) before the Panthers closed the lead to one point two different times (8-7 & 10-9).
- After ODU got the lead to 10-9, five straight KWC points opened a 15-9 lead five minutes in.
- Three ODU threes helped fuel an 11-0 run, giving ODU a 20-15 lead before the under-12 media timeout.
- Ohio Dominican led for the next five minutes before Kentucky Wesleyan took back the lead at 27-24 with 6:30 left in the first half.
- ODU trimmed the lead to one twice (27-26 and 29-28) but Kentucky Wesleyan led 37-30 at halftime.
- Goodman made a three to open the second half and close the gap to 37-33 but KWC ballooned the lead to ten points (45-35, 47-37 and 50-40).
- A 7-0 ODU run allowed the visiting Panthers to trail 50-47 with 13 minutes left.
- Kentucky Wesleyan outscored Ohio Dominican 22-11 and won the game 72-58.
UP NEXT
- The Panthers will close the road portion of the schedule with a Thursday (Feb. 27) matchup at Malone.