Dan Eyrich, AP Sports
The EP lady Panthers took down Rock Falls 34 -19 in their second game of the Bureau Valley Thanksgiving Tournament on Wednesday night. EP moves to 1-1 on the young season and will take on the host Storm on Friday night.
After playing to a 5-all tie in the first quarter the Panthers outscored the Rockets 15-2 in the second eight minutes to lead 20-7 at the half.
The teams played an even second half as EP picked up their first win of the season
Senior, Chloe Slock had 8 points to lead EP with Lauren Abbott contributing 7. EP went 7 for 12 from the line. Miley Bickett for Rock Falls led the team with 10.
Panther coach Chris Brown was happy to see improvement from his team after their opening season loss to Riverdale. “We played much better tonight and had a big size advantage on them. We still missed too many easy baskets, but once again we had a great effort and it was nice to see our defensive game pickup.”
The Panthers will play BV on Friday night at 7:00PM.
The Panther JV moved to 2-0 with a 32-6 win over Rock Falls.
