Connor Lyczek scored 24 points and Seneca Valley put the game away with a big fourth quarter in knocking off Mt. Lebanon, 72-54, in the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs Tuesday night.

The Raiders (11-10) won for the fifth time in six games.

The ninth-seeded Raiders outscored the host Blue Devils 18-9 in the second quarter to take a 10-point lead into halftime. After Mt. Lebanon (9-9) pulled within seven by the end of the third quarter, Seneca Valley enjoyed a 20-9 edge on the scoreboard in the fourth period.

Cole Brooks scored 18 points and Caiden Oros 13 for SV. Mike Pfeuffer led Mt. Lebanon with 15 points, sinking five treys.

The Blue Devils dropped three of their final four games.

SV plays at top-seeded Upper St. Clair Friday night.

SENECA VALLEY 72

Connor Lyczek 24, Cole Brooks 18, Caiden Boros 13, Connor Oros 6, Luke Lawson 4, Andrew Roy 4, Ben Hicks 3. Totals: 27 14-19 72.

MT. LEBANON 54

Mike Pfeuffer 15, Jake Reinke 10, Zach D'Alesandro 8, Evan SDenter 7, Christian Mallon 5, Lucas Garosori 5, Tanner Donati 4. Totals: 19 4-4 54.

Seneca Valley 16 18 18 20 — 72

Mt. Lebanon15 9 21 9 — 54

3-point goals: Con.Oros 2, Brooks 2; Pfeuffer 5, Reinke 2, D'Alesandro 2, Senter, Mallon, Garosori

Friday: Seneca Valley at Upper St. Clair

A-C Valley 66, Sheffield 32 — Senior forward Levi Orton became the Falcons' all-time leading scorer with a 34-point effort in this victory at home.He surpassed Sean Foust's total of 1,632 points and now sits at 1,651.Freshman Jay Clover tallied 12 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots for A-C Valley (12-5). Orton added nine rebounds and five steals.SHEFFIELD 32McNeal 2, Johnson 12, Copley 4, Richards 9, Silvis 3, Finch 2. Totals: 12 6-7 32.A-C VALLEY 66Tanner Merwin 4, Levi Orton 34, Brody Dittman 2, Eli Penny 4, Broc Weigle 4, Landon Chalmers 2, Alex Preston 4, Jay Clover 12. Totals: 28 9-10 66.Sheffield 7 13 2 10 — 32A-C Valley23 11 16 16 — 66

Karns City 47, Keystone 44 — Chase Beighley scored 17 points and also had seven assists and six steals as the Gremlins escaped Keystone with a win.Nathan Waltman added nine points and 12 rebounds for the Gremlins (20-2).KARNS CITY 47Eric Booher 3, Cole Sherwin 3, Micah Rupp 6, Chase Beighley 17, Luke Cramer 7, Luke Garing 2, Nathan Waltman 9. Totals: 19 3-7 47.KEYSTONE 44Logan Sell 11, Cameron Easton 2, Bret Wingard 9, Gavin Hogue 4, Zander McHenry 5, Colin Say 8, Brandon Pierce 5. Totals: 17 5-7 44.Karns City 13 16 7 11 — 47Keystone11 13 8 12 — 44TBD: Karns City in District 9 playoffs

Aslyn Pry tallied 23 points and 17 rebounds for Moniteau in a 54-49 loss at Redbank Valley over the weekend. Catherine Kelly added 12 points.Alivia Huffman paced Redbank with 22 points.MONITEAU 49Abby Rottman 1, Aslyn Pry 23, Catherine Kelly 12, Abbey Jewart 9, Camryn Fallen 2, Victoria Pry 2. Totals: 16 13-22 49.REDBANK VALLEY 54Leighann Hetrick 12, Caylen Rearick 3, Emma Huffman 4, Madison Foringer 9, Alivia Huffman 22, Katie Davis 4. Totals: 19 11-23 54.Moniteau 14 12 7 16 — 49Redbank Valley10 16 17 11 — 543-point goals: Kelly, Jewart 3; Rearick 2, Smathers, E.Huffman, A.Huffman