The Magnolia Panthers came away with a 71-67 win in a basketball shoot-out Friday at Star City. Coby Garland put the game away with a couple free throws late. Garland led Magnolia with 20 points. Braelyn Beasley scored 17. Darrien Ford and Kadyn Roach added 10 points apiece. The first-place Panthers are now 9 and 1 in the 4A Region 8 conference, 16 and 4 overall.
Unfortunately, the girls’ game went the way of Star City; the Lady Bulldogs beat the Lady Panthers 55-21. Top scorers for Magnolia were Keshunti Brantley with 7 points and Kayleigh Sneed with 5. The Lady Panthers fell to 5 and 5 in conference games, 11 and 10 for the season.
Magnolia travels to Hamburg Tuesday. Then they close out the regular season next Friday at home against Warren. You can hear all their games live on Magnolia’s Country 99.1, online at MagnoliaRadio.com, and on the Magnolia Radio app.
