KNOXVILLE — Priaire City-Monroe’s boys basketball team won its second game of the weekend with a 60-51 takedown of Knoxville’s Panthers.
Logan Gilman led the Mustangs with 20 points. Senior Dillon Bruxvoort nearly put together a double-double with 10 points scored and eight rebounds.
Zach Uhlenhopp was the third Mustang to score in double figures with 10. Ryan Jennings led the Mustangs with six assists. He also had nine points and five rebounds.
PCM got on top of the Panthers early thanks to a 20-14 run in the first quarter.
The Mustangs increased their lead to 34-27 going into halftime, and they came out with another run, 17-13. Knoxville attempted a fourth-quarter comeback, but PCM held them off.
The Mustangs have won three straight games following a four-game skid in mid-January. PCM takes on North Polk Tuesday night.
PCM 20-14-17-9 — 60
Knoxville 14-13-13-11 — 51
PCM — Gilman 20, Bruxvoort 10, Uhlenhopp 10, Jennings 9, Devon Woody 5
Knoxville — Gerritt Davis 21, Chase Higginbotham 10, Bryce Zoutte 6, Trent Davis 5, Nathan Winters 5