PLAINVIEW - The Plainview Panthers got a double-double from Brett Kilgore - who had 13 points and 14 rebounds - and held off a strong fight from the Scranton Rockets for a 60-59 win Tuesday night in the season opener at the Plainview gymnasium.

Plainview (1-0) headed into halftime tied with Scranton, 24-24, and were outscored by 12 points in the third quarter before mounting a comeback to edge out the Rockets.

Jessie Yates led the Panthers in scoring with 14 points. Billy Briley chipped in with 12 points and Spencer Gray pulled down five rebounds and dished out six assits.

Scranton (0-1) was led in scoring by Drew Siebenmorgan and Bryan Snow, who both had 18 points apiece.

The Plainview girls - under first-year coach Robbie Ball - dropped their first game 56-17, as the Lady Rockets pulled away in the second half.

Katie Yates had a strong performance for the Lady Panthers (0-1), as she scored eight points and came away with 10 re-bounds. Hope Crawford added five points.

The Scranton girls (1-0) were led by Jordan Siebenmorgan and Emily Fox with 13 points each.

The Plainview teams will be back in action Friday night in a road game against Paron.