Panola Edges Short-handed Roadrunners

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Against Panola College Monday night, the Angelina College Roadrunners dressed just seven players – and two of those fouled out late in the second half.

The short-handed roster left the door open for the Ponies, who escaped Shands Gymnasium with an 82-77 win in Region XIV conference play.

The Ponies’ Devyn Wilson hit a three pointer with 1:47 to play in the game, giving Panola a 78-76 lead over the Roadrunners, and the Ponies held the ‘Runners to a single free throw over the games waning moments to take the win.

Gary Blackston returned from receiving stitches in his chin in the first half to lead the ‘Runners with 22 points. Corinthian Ramsey battled early foul trouble – he picked up his third foul early in the first half – to finish with 16 points. Robert Lewis scored 13, Jason Towery 11 and Quinton Bush 10 in the loss. Bush added 12 rebounds before fouling out.

Panola’s Tope Arikawe led the Ponies with 24 points; Marlon Taylor III added 21 and Wilson 16 in the win.

The Roadrunners battled back from early shooting woes and a 12-point deficit to tie the score at 47-47 on a Malcolm Evans bucket off a Ramsey feed. Blackston’s three pointer at the 4:17 mark gave the ‘Runners a six-point lead, but the Ponies kept chipping away until Wilson’s trey gave Panola its final lead.

The Roadrunners (11-5, 3-2) will travel to Paris College on Wednesday. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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