PITTSVILLE – Matthew Kissner poured in 31 points to lead Pittsville to a 59-52 win over Spencer in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday night at Pittsville High School.
Kissner made 14 of 24 shots from the field and added a pair of free throws in the win for the Panthers (8-6).
Nate Karau had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Kyler Bainer hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points for Spencer (6-7).
Spencer plays at Columbus Catholic on Thursday.
Panthers 59, Rockets 52
Spencer 23 29 – 52
Pittsville 33 26 – 59
SPENCER (52): Kyler Bainer 4-8 0-0 12, Jacob Schultz 0-2 0-0 0, Brett Kasch 3-14 0-0 9, Austin Bacon 3-8 0-0 7, Nate Karau 8-13 2-2 18, Trinity Larson 2-2 0-0 4, Brandon Much 1-2 0-0 2. FG: 21-45. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 8-21 (Bainer 4-8, Kasch 3-10, Bacon 1-3). Rebounds: 27 (Karau 10). Record: 6-7.
PITTSVILLE (59): Landyn Wayerski 5-8 0-0 10, Sam Hardinger 5-15 1-4 11, Chris Snook 1-5 0-0 3, Matthew Kissner 14-24 2-4 31, Jordan Denniston 1-2 0-0 2, Noah Calverley 0-1 0-0 0, Eric Neve 1-3 0-0 2. FG: 27-58. FT: 3-8 3-pointers: 2-14 (Snook 1-3, Kissner 1-3, Denniston 0-1, Neve 0-2, Hardinger 0-5). Record: 8-6.