The Knoxville Basketball Squads came away with a split in Bloomfield on Friday night as the girls took a hard-fought victory over Davis County 59-51 and the boys fell 76-53. The girls were able to establish tempo early on and held a 3-8 point lead for most of the way. The key for the Panthers was grabbing 49 rebounds, many of which were on put backs and getting out in transition. Coach Matt Ritchhart told KNIA/KRLS Sports, they practice the transition game a lot and it was good to see that pay off.

Ritchhart: “We’ve been working a lot on transition since last Friday, a lot of 5 on 0 and I feel that we got into transition a lot tonight, and we had those opportunities and that’s what you want to see.”

Brittany Bacorn scored 19 points to lead the way with the Dunkin Sisters, Emma and Hannah both scoring 15 points. The boys were plagued by the same issues that they have had all season not making shots and allowing the other team to dominate the boards as the Panthers were outrebounded 49-25 by Davis County. Landen Norris scored 12 points to lead the way for Knoxville. The girls are now 8-5 on the season and 5-3 in the South Central Conference while the boys are 2-10 and 2-6 in conference play. Both teams are back at it tonight in the Panthers vs. Cancer Game against Chariton. Live coverage starts at 6:00 with the girls game at 6:15, the honor ceremony in between and the boys game after that all on 95.3 KNIA.