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Whitmer leads Rockets' victory

Jake Whitmer scored 16 points to lead Slippery Rock's boys basketball team to a 64-50 victory over visiting Vision Quest on Monday.

Matt Badger, Ryan Dutton and Brady Kadlubek each tallied 10 points in support of the Rockets (4-3), who outscored their opponent 42-24 in the second half.

VISION QUEST 50

Brown 6 3-3 16, J. Robinson 3 1-2 8, D. Robinson 5 0-0 10, Branch 2 1-3 5, Williams 4 1-1 9, Pinkney 0 0-1 0. Totals: 20 6-10 50.

SLIPPERY ROCK 64

Jake Whitmer 4 6-7 16, Matt Badger 4 0-0 10, Mark Cessar 3 1-2 7, Camren Neal 2 0-0 4, Ryan Dutton 3 4-8 10, Brady Kadlubek 3 2-2 10, Aaron Rager 2 1-4 5, Blake Heller 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22 14-23 64.

Vision Quest 10 16 13 11 — 50

Slippery Rock15 7 21 21 — 64

3-point goals: Vision Quest 2 (Brown, J. Robinson); Slippery Rock 6 (Whitmer 2, Badger 2, Kadlubek 2).

Saturday: Grove City at Slippery Rock

Freeport 72, Yough 54 — The host Yellowjackets scored 30 points in the second quarter to pull away from the Cougars. Mason Eddinger led Freeport (6-3) with 20 points and five rebounds and Codey Digiacobbe added 11 points.

YOUGH 54

Regotti 1 0-0 3, Pore 1 0-0 3, Kosor 4 0-0 11, Sterner 5 4-5 17, O'Bradovich 1 1-4 3, Gilkey 1 0-0 3, Bowman 1 0-1 2, Pleva 0 2-2 2, Huss 2 0-0 4, Molnar 2 0-0 4, Lee 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 7-12 54.

FREEPORT 72

Mason Eddinger 7 3-4 20, Hunter Fennell 0 1-2 1, Kris Keppel 2 1-2 6, Ryan Weigold 1 5-6 8, Seth Bowser 3 3-3 9, Danny Fetchko 1 0-0 2, Noah Shannon 1 0-0 2, Codey Digiacobbe 5 0-2 11, Josh Beale 2 1-1 5, Jon Wise 1 1-1 3, Eric Davis 1 1-2 3, Dylan Hochbein 1 0-0 2, Kevin Lynch 0 0-0 0, Marshall McCormick 0 0-0 0, Brandon Hochbein 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 16-23 72.

Yough 9 17 13 15 — 54

Freeport9 30 16 17 — 72

3-point goals: Yough 9 (Kosor 3, Sterner 3, Regotti, Pore, Gilkey); Freeport 6 (Eddinger 3, Keppel, Weigold, Digiacobbe).

Jan. 7: Kittanning at Freeport

First Baptist Christian’s varsity boys basketball team suffered three losses recently.Paul Drake had 27 points and seven steals, DJ Bowser nine points and five rebounds in a 63-46 loss to Calvary Meadville.Drake had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Aaron Drake 11 points and eight steals, Andy Altangerel 11 rebounds in a 38-36 loss to St. Fidelis.Paul Drake had 17 points, eight rebounds and five steals in a 71-28 loss to Commodore Perry.In JV action, Bowser had 11 points in a 45-29 loss to Calvary-Meadville.Darian Selfridge had 18 points and six steals in a 58-22 loss to Commodore Perry and Aaron Drake had 15 points and six assists in a 47-27 loss to CAC.

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