The Portland Panthers improve to 8-0 after defeating the Goodpasture Cougars 59-55. The Cougars were down by more than 11 points and cut the lead to 2 points, but the Panthers hit key freethrows down the stretch. The Panthers were led in scoring by John Ferguson with 23 points and 8 boards and Corey Brewer with 18 points and 7 rebounds. THe Cougars had great efforts from Beaty and Daniels. Beaty had 18 points and 8 boards and Daniels had 16 points and 9 rebounds. The Panthers will play tomorrow night at 8 30 in the TRI STAR tourney in Gallatin.