North Central nearly erased a 16-point fourth quarter deficit, only to come up three points shy of a huge comeback in a 69-67 loss to visiting McBee last Friday night in a Region 3-A boys’ basketball game played at The Castle.The loss dropped the hosts to 1-5 in conference play. The Panthers improved to 2-4 in league action with each side having three games remaining in regular season action after Tuesday’s contests.“We dug ourselves too big of a hole, obviously,” said NC head coach Chad Dixon. “We almost climbed out of it, though.”The Knights trailed, 21-15 after the first quarter and 39-24 at halftime.