PAULDING – The Paulding Panthers used the three-point field goal to nip visiting Wauseon 52-51 Thursday night in non-league boys basketball action.
Paulding hit 13 three-point field goals in the contest as a team, led by six from Peyton Adams, as the maroon and white improved to 5-4 overall on the season.
The Panthers led 13-9 at the end of eight minutes of action before visiting Wauseon rallied to post a 26-20 halftime advantage.
Paulding then answered in the third quarter, putting up 21 points compared to 14 for the Indians, as the Panthers seized a 41-40 lead going into the final stanza.
Each squad then scored 11 more points in the fourth quarter as Paulding held on to take the 52-51 win.
Peyton Adams hit six three-point field goals in the contest to lead the way with 18 points while Ethan Foltz added a trio of treys in adding 13 markers.
Luke Zartman, Casey Agler, Nick Manz and Kane Jones also hit three-point field goals for Paulding.
Manz recorded six points to aid the Panther cause with Zartman and Agler finishing with five apiece. Jones also had three points for Paulding.
Landon Hines and Jack Leatherman each paced Wauseon with a dozen markers each and Tyson Rodriguez chipped in ten points.
Other scorers for the Indians were Jude Armstrong (seven), Trey Parsons (five) and Elijah McLeod (five).
