Panthers Snap Skid by Winning Three of Four
The varsity boys’ basketball team snapped a five-game skid by winning three of four, including a 48-27 win over Lakewood Friday night.
Keegan Collins was hot from the outside, hitting six triples on the night and finishing with a team-high 20 points.
Stockbridge took a 13-8 lead after one behind a pair of Collins triples and a Joey Ballagh long ball from behind the arch.
The Panthers defense continued to clamp down on the Vikings in the second, allowing just eight points and two more Collins triples pushed the Panthers lead to 24-16 at the break.
Collins hit two more threes in the third and Ballagh hit another one from deep for the Panthers as the lead grew to double digits at 38-22 and the Panthers would cruise in the fourth.
Ballagh finished with 11 points to go along with Collins 20. David Kluesner and Drew Robinson scored four each, Zac Rogozinksi three, Noah Lewis and Foster Pybus two each.
Earlier in the week the Panthers made quick work of Bath with a 61-26 win.
Stockbridge took control in the first half by taking a 32-14 lead at the break and never looked back.
Eleven Panthers scored in the game with Collins and Kluesner leading the way with 13 points each.
Ballagh chipped in with 11, Robinson seven, and Jake Sawicki six. Jacob Dalton added four points, Brock Rochow and Pybus two each, and Zach Fletcher, Evan Sandecki, and Lewis one each.
The Panthers snapped the five-game skid with a 58-45 win over Maple Valley.
The teams were tied at 20 at the break. but the Panthers pulled away with a 20-7 run in the third quarter and held off the Lions in the fourth.
Collins and Sawicki scored 12 points each in the game that saw ten Panthers score on the night.
Kluesner added eight points, while Dalton and Shannon Henderson chipped in with six each. Robinson and Lewis each scored four, while Fletcher, Ballagh, and Pybus each finished with 2.
The Panthers lone loss in the stretch came to D2 fourth-ranked Olivet 71-46.
Ballagh and Collins finished with 14 points each to lead the Panthers.
The Panthers improved to 7-6 overall and 3-5 in the GLAC.
