Panther Teams Start Fast, Cruise To Victories
The Grundy County High School basketball teams were in non-conference action on Thursday night, picking up a pair of home wins over visiting Southwest Livingston.
Grundy picked up a 38-16 win in the girls game before completing the sweep with a 62-40 victory in the boys game.
Grundy got off to a quick start in the girls contest and led 13-6 one quarter in. The Panthers outscored Southwest in the second, third and fourth quarters as well as the advantage grew throughout the night.
It was the best defensive effort of the year for the Panthers, who limited Southwest to no more than six points in any individual quarter. In the fourth quarter, Grundy shut out the Wildcats, not allowing a point over the final eight minutes.
Grundy was paced by Daya Allnutt, who had 13 points, eight rebounds, seven steals and three assists. Adysan Rains followed with 11 points, two steals and two assists and Skylar Bonnett had eight points, five rebounds, six steals and two assists.
With the win, the Grundy girls improved to 3-10 overall on the season.
Grundy’s boys got off to a quick start as well, racing out to an 18-11 first quarter lead and pushing the advantage to 36-19 by halftime. The lead was 24 points by the time the fourth quarter began and the Panthers were able to coast to the finish, winning by 22 points.
Corbin Axtell had 22 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Panthers, who also got 19 points, 10 points and three assists from Zack Cross. Cole Peterson also reached double figures for the Panthers, finishing with 10 points.
The win pushed the Grundy boys to 10-4 on the year.
Both Panther teams will be at home again tonight (Tuesday), playing host to East Harrison as Grundy dives back into HDC Conference action. Tip off is scheduled for 6 o’clock in Galt.
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