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Kentucky Wesleyan College's Marico Stinson had the hot hand on Saturday in the Hampton Inn/Worth Insurance Owensboro Classic.

The junior guard from Memphis hit nine 3-pointers -- tying for the second-best mark in school history -- as the Panthers blitzed Alaska-Fairbanks 113-76 in the final game of the night at the Sportscenter.

Stinson finished with 29 points in only 27 minutes, leading five Panthers in double figures.

"I just got a lot of open shots, a lot of shots I was comfortable with," Stinson said. "It was just one of those things, I found myself open and I was knocking down shots. But I think I can do a lot more."

Wesleyan (6-1) didn't need that as it shot 53 percent (19-of-36) in the first half on the way to a comfortable 52-28 lead. The Panthers got production from up and down the lineup against the Nanooks, with all 11 players who saw action scoring.

"Our bench came in and gave us a lift again, similar to the night before," KWC coach Todd Lee said. "We had a lot of guys that gave us energy off the bench. We had good balance across the board, and shared the ball with 21 assists."

Desmond Stephens added 15 points, Jay Ivey 12, Maros Zuffa 11 and Willie Richardson 11 for the Panthers, who also dominated the backboards 46-25. Chris Williams led KWC on the glass with nine.

Fairbanks (2-3) shot 46 percent from the field, knocking down a lot of shots when the game was already out of reach.

"For the most part we defended well," Lee said. "We stuck to the scouting report."

About the only negative Lee could pinpoint was turnovers. The Panthers had 19.

"That's too many, but in a game that gets out of hand, sometimes you lose focus.

Competition will soon get stiffer for the Panthers, starting next Saturday when No. 7 Bellarmine comes to town for a Great Lakes Valley Conference game.

"We just have to continue guarding the ball and work on refining our offense," Lee said. "We've played a total of 10 games (counting exhibitions), and we're starting to figure out what guys can and can not do."

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