For the better part of three quarters Monday night, Putnam County went toe to toe with the bigger Rock Falls team.

But as the fourth quarter came around, the Rockets size began to wear the Panthers down, coming away with the 62-43 victory on Day 2 of the Colmone Classic at Hall High School.

“We have a young team, but we kept after it and I think we just started to wear them down and were able to pull away,” Rock Falls coach Zach Sandrock said.

Rock Falls led 40-34 heading into final eight minutes when Cole Mulnix hit the shot in the paint and then Phillip Griffith Jr. hit the step-back 3-pointer to push the Rockets lead to 45-34.

Moments later it was an easy drive and layup from Max Burns before Mulnix got the steal and pass ahead to Connor South to extend the Rockets lead to 50-46.

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