Last second shot lifts Blinn past Ponies
Pony Express Staff
January 23, 2013
Filed under Featured Sports Story Carousel, Ponies Basketball, Sports
With 1.2 seconds left in the game, Blinn scored a basket, ending the game with a score of Blinn 56, Panola 54 on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The ending was almost identical to the Fillies’ loss by a last-second shot earlier in the evening.
Marquis Yates, #11 freshman from Manassas, VA, led scoring for Panola College with 19 total points. He made two of his three free-throw attempts.
Ben Merritt, #1, a sophomore from Logan Township, NJ, had 12 points and was four for four at the free-throw line.
JaRon Denmark, #23, a Huger, SC, sophomore, scored 11, and made four of his five free throws.
Three players scored four points each — Gilbert Carter, #3, a Houston freshman; Joe Williams, #2, a freshman from New Orleans; and Patrick Branch, #5, a Las Vegas, NV freshman.
See more photos in the Panola College vs Blinn 1-12-13 Photo Gallery.
Panola College men’s basketball coaching staff includes Junsie Cotten, head coach, along with assistant coaches Guy Beach and Jake White.
