LJ Harris and Byron Brown each scored in the 20s for the Panthers in their game against NIACC on Saturday, Jan. 26 but it wasn't enough for ECC to come out with the win.

Going into half the Panthers were down but staying close to the #17 NIACC Trojans, 46-39. Turnovers plagued ECC with 29 and the Panthers fell 86-74 in the end.

Harris led all scorers with 29 points and was followed by Brown who had 20 points. Keaton Taylor was leading rebounder for the Panthers with 8 boards.

The Panther men will be on the road for their next game as they travel to Kirkwood on Wednesday, Jan. 30 with game time at 7:30 pm.