KWC menâs hoops wins their fifth straight as Panthers wallop ODU .. (Source: WFIE) 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 fiel
Ky. Wesleyan women falls on the road at Walsh Kentucky Wesleyan. (Source: WFIE) By Aaron Hancock | January 30, 2021 at 11:21 PM CST - Updated January 31 at 1:41 AM
NORTH CANTON, OH. (WFIE) - In a crowded, but lonely Cecchini Center, the Kentucky Wesleyan College women’s basketball team dropped a top their match-up with Walsh. The Cavilers came away with a 63-49 victory as both teams trail Cedarville in the overall Great Midwest Athletic Conference standings.
It was a physical match-up throughout where play under the basket was rigorous. The Panthers (9-4 GMAC) held a 15-10 lead after a bruising first quarter of play. The script was flipped in the second frame as Cavilers (7-3 GMAC) corrected their early shooting woes, connecting on 35% from the field in the first 10 minutes to 46% in the second.
KWC menâs basketball goes down to wire with No. 18 Hillsdale .. (Source: WFIE) By Aaron Hancock | January 23, 2021 at 11:43 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 11:19 PM
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - The Kentucky Wesleyan College menâs basketball team battled nationally ranked No. 18 Hillsdale College on Saturday, but ultimately fell 66-63 at The Owensboro Sportscenter. It was a nail-biting 40 minutes of action as neither team led by more than 8 points.
Wesleyan trailed by six at the half before back-to-back threeâs from Wyatt Battaile and Zach Hopewell evened the score at 30 less than five minutes into the second half. In the final 16 minutes of play, the two teams traded the lead 10 times.