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Men's Basketball loses close road battle to open SLIAC play

CLAYTON, MO – With two new teams being added to the SLIAC this year, the Principia Men's Basketball team started their conference slate before the New Year for the first time since the 2019-20 season. The Panthers headed down to St. Louis on Saturday to take on defending SLIAC champion Fontbonne University. Despite being down two starters due to injury, Principia fought valiantly throughout the game and gave the Griffins fits throughout. After being down 8 at the half, the Panthers would mount a comeback and tie the game at 49-49 with 9:25 remaining. From there, Fontbonne would go on a 19-6 run to put the game out of reach and send the Panthers home with a 68-62 loss.