The Orange men’s basketball team is three wins away from its first conference championship since the 2016-2017 season. On Friday night, Orange went into Elon and never trailed in beating Western Alamance 76-50. The Panthers placed four players in double figures. Junior Michael Clark played the final 12 minutes and scored a season-high eleven points as Orange improved to 7-0 in the Central Conference. Sophomore Coleman Cloer scored 16 points to lead all scorers. It was the fourth time in six games that Orange led wire-to-wire. The Warriors got an early three-pointer from Chris Hester to tie the game at 3-3, but Orange never trailed as they improved to 8-10. Sophomore forward Mason Robinson had several huge dunks, including one in the opening quarter that even left some Warriors fans high-fiving each other. Robinson also had five blocks. Orange’s bench unit of Freddy Sneed, Hector Garrido, Keaton Westbrook, Ryan Moss, Malykahi Justice kept the Warriors in check as Orange piled up 76 points. The Panthers lead Eastern Alamance by two games in the loss column with four games remaining in the regular season. Orange will travel to Cedar Ridge on Friday night to face the Red Wolves. It will be Orange’s third straight road game. They will look to beat the Red Wolves for the seventh straight time.