The class 3A #3 Knoxville Boys Basketball Squad completed an unbeaten regular season and surpassed the 1973/74 team for the best start in team history with a 62-45 win over Grinnell on Monday heard live on 95.3 KNIA. The Panthers jumped on top by ten early, but Grinnell went on a 14-3 run to take the lead late in the 1st half. With Knoxville leading by one at halftime, the Panthers outscored Grinnell in the second half 37-20. Knoxville Coach Joel Keady told KNIA/KRLS Sports his team took a couple shots from Grinnell then refocused and played better in the second half.

Keady: “It was a really good experience to have to fight through that and make adjustments on the fly and to run their stuff was difficult during scout and they really took it to us in the first half.”

Landon Norris scored 29 points for the Panthers and also went 6/6 from the free throw line in the 4th quarter to salt the game away. Knoxville is now 21-0 on the season and will begin its journey to Wells Fargo Arena next Monday with a first round substate game against Mount Pleasant. Knoxville got the one seed and will have home court advantage throughout the substate.