Pikeville 61, Sheldon Clark 51

**Panther Thunder** · 11-30-2010, 10:03 PM

Great way to start off after losing huge chunk of last year's minutes. The Rowe's are gonna be fun to watch. Ethan had 20 and 6 asst., Wes had 15 and 13 boards. Will Branham provide an outside threat that will be much needed, hit a huge three to thwart a Sheldon Clark comeback.

And before the Lady who would not stop complain about fouls gets here. If you jack up 500 three's and don't have anything resembling an offensive post presence, you are not going to draw many fouls. Pikeville did a good job of driving and dishing, not turning the ball over, and playing smart defense for the most part.

Pikeville did enough to win, but I came away very unimpressed with Sheldon Clark. They are 3-deep and that's it. The Panthers will need to play a lot better to compete at the top of the region. Hopefully some more depth will be added when Taylor Ratliff and Chase Hall get their basketball legs under them.

Overall, a pretty good night. I'll take it. 1-0.

GO PANTHERS!