Fessel equals school mark with 40-point outburst

Corydon Central sophomore Tyler Fessel tied a school record for points in a single game with a 40-point performance Saturday night at Charlestown.

The Pirates, however, rallied from a 64-60 deficit at the start of the fourth quarter for an 89-84 Mid-Southern Conference win over the Panthers.

Fessel’s 40 points equals the effort of Stu Engleman, who tallied 40 in a 70-69 win against South Central on Feb. 4, 1977.

Fessel scored 21 of those points on seven three-pointers. Five different Panthers scored from three-point range, totaling 14 on the night.

The Panthers (5-10) were coming off a 76-61 win at Salem on Friday night and will host Paoli on Friday before traveling to Brownstown on Saturday.

Corydon Central        19   21   24   20 – 84

Charlestown                21   20   19   29 – 89

Corydon Central (5-10, 3-2 MSC) – Fessel 40, Martin 13, Holton 11, Shireman 8, Kaiser 7, Weber 4, Ables 1.

Charlestown (4-7, 1-3) – Crace 22, Rothbauer 18, Benner 15, Craig 13, Wagers 8, Cook 7, Henning 6.

3-point goals – Corydon Central 14 (Fessel 7, Martin 3, Shireman 2, Holton 1, Kaiser 1); Charlestown 5 (Rothbauer 4, Crace 1).