KWC menâs hoops wins their fifth straight as Panthers wallop ODU
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By Aaron Hancock | February 6, 2021 at 10:44 PM CST - Updated February 6 at 10:54 PM
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - The Kentucky Wesleyan College menâs basketball team ended the week just as it started with a win over Ohio Dominican University. The Panthers picked-up their fifth win in a row with a dominating 67-43 performance at the historic Sportscenter. For the first time since 2017-18 Wesleyan has won five consecutive games and the first time since the 2016-17 season where they won five straight Great Midwest Conference games.
ODU (3-7, 3-6 GMAC) scored the opening basket of the game. Zach Hopewell answered seconds later and the Panthers (10-4, 9-4 GMAC) never trailed again. The Panthers opened the game on a 15-3 run before ODU managed to connect on anther field goal. It was a bruising first half where the Panthers held a 33% field goal percentage but forced ODU into 28% from the field.