WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA -- The ECC men's basketball team used a Sunday afternoon game against Minnesota West Community & Technical College to tune things up for the start of ICCAC play and put together a good 40 minutes of basketball in an 84-53 drubbing.  The Panthers pulled away from a first-half tie with a 17-0 scoring run and rolled over the hosts to raise their season record to 9-2.

Andres Arellano netted a season-high 17 points, coming off the bench to hit four 3s to lead the ECC scoring.  Ra'mir Scott added 16 points, Rich Ashu scored 11 and Junior Bodden 10.  Ashu snagged 9 rebounds and dished out 4 assists and Bodden had 7 boards and 4 steals.  

The Panthers's 10 made 3s were one away from their season-high and they committed a season-low 8 turnovers.

The conference schedule begins with a home contest against a ranked Iowa Western team on Wednesday evening at 7:30 at Dittmer Gym, followed by a trip to Southwestern CC Friday night.