The Oak Grove Panthers basketball team scored 61 points and limited the visiting Excelsior Springs Tigers to 43 in the Panthers non-league triumph on Wednesday.

The Panthers now possess a 5-0 record. They play next when they host Odessa for a Missouri River Valley - West game on Saturday, December 13. Oak Grove will confront a Bulldogs team coming off a 48-21 non-league win over Lafayette County (Higginsville, MO). The Bulldogs record now stands at 3-0.

With the loss, Excelsior Springs falls to 2-2 on the campaign. The Tigers host Northeast (Kansas City, MO) to confront the Vikings in a non-league game on Monday, December 15. The Vikings go into the outing with a record of 1-2. Northeast won 26-24 in their recent league outing against Southeast (Kansas City, MO)