LAGRANGE, Ga. – The LaGrange College men's basketball team is gearing up for their 2026-2027 season.

The new-look Panthers bring in eight newcomers to a squad returning one starter and fourteen others. Senior guard Austen Colton (Sharpsburg, Ga.), who last season set a LaGrange single-game record for three-pointers made, highlights the returning class, with senior forward Catfish Battle (Buford, Ga.), senior guard Chadan Hamilton (Boaz, Ala.) and junior guard Tyler Harrington (Winter Park, Fla.) all expected to play major roles.

LaGrange is coming off a season where they shocked the Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS), as they upset top-seeded Maryville College in Tennessee in the conference semifinals before seeing their season come to an end in the CCS championship game against Belhaven University.  

The Panthers open their regular season on Saturday, November 7^th when they play host to the Tornados of Brevard College in a 4:00 p.m. game. They will then travel to Berry College on November 10^th, before playing Baptist University of Florida at Huntingdon College on November 14^th.

Tuesday, November 17^th will see the team host its annual Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night before playing host to the Petrels of Oglethorpe University in an 7:00 p.m. game.

Of course, the highlight of the team's first semester schedule will be when they host the LaQuinta Inn and Suites Tournament on December 16^th and 17^th. The Panthers will host East Texas Baptist University on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. before facing Alice Lloyd College on Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

New Year's Eve will see the team head to Emory University in Atlanta for the Emory Shootout. They will play Illinois Wesleyan University and the University of California Santa Cruz.

LaGrange will play their first game of 2027 at Belhaven against the Blazers on Tuesday, January 5^th in a rematch of last season's CCS final and their first conference game of the year.

The Panthers' first home game of January will be against Covenant College on Friday, January 15^th at 6:00 p.m. They'll host Asbury University the following day in a 4:00 p.m. contest.

Senior Night will be on Tuesday, February 16^th at 7:00 p.m. when they host Huntingdon College in the I-85 rivalry.

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