Panther Creek vs. Jordan High – Game Report: Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Panther Creek hosted Jordan High on Friday night in a tough non-conference matchup. Take a look at the standouts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Catamounts jumped out to an early 8-0 lead led by a pair of 3-pointers from [player_tooltip player_id='1149209' first='David' last='Tator'] but the Falcons would come surging back, leading 18-13 with just under two minutes left in the quarter. Jordan led 24-15 after the first quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jordan led by as many as 10 points in the early going thanks to the play of [player_tooltip player_id='1350176' first='RJ' last='Bridges'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1143945' first='Walker' last='Woodall'] but Panther Creek would chip away at the lead. They would keep things close thanks to the play of [player_tooltip player_id='1614295' first='Caleb' last='Surgers'], though they trailed 40-35 at halftime. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The pace didn't change much in the second half as the Catamounts kept battling against the deficit. They finally took a 46-45 lead with 4:45 left in the 3rd quarter. Jordan would come storming right back though as things would go back and forth. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Defense and [player_tooltip player_id='1614288' first='Chris' last='Uwayo'] turned things up a notch as Panther Creek built a 52-47 lead with 2:10 left in the 3rd quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After 3, Panther Creek led 56-54 following a strong lay-in by Surgers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Things would become a defensive struggle in the 4th quarter as the score would be tied at 60 with 4:30 left.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Patient offense put Panther Creek up by four points with 2:59 left, triggering a Jordan timeout. Panther Creek would extend the lead to 66-60 with 2:17 left before a Bridges layup would stop the run. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Panther Creek would lead 68-63 with 54.5 seconds left and never look back, winning 73-63.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1143945"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Woodall started the game 3-for-3 from behind the arc and was dialed in as he jumpstarted the offense. 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