Derrick Orloski had 20 points and Brian Giesler scored 18 more, but the Slippery Rock boys basketball team fell to Farrell 68-54 Tuesday.

The Steelers used a 40-point second half to pull away from the Rockets (4-4).

SLIPPERY ROCK 54Ryan Gordon 3 2-3 10, Ethan Geisler 0 0-0 0, Alec McDeavitt 0 0-0 0, Brant Sloan 1 0-0 2, Derrick Orlsoki 8 4-12 20, Brian Giesler 8 0-0 18, Brent Ayers 1 2-4 4, Mark Drake 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 8-19 54.

FARRELL 68Preston Jefferson 5 0-0 10, Marsell Holden 12 5-9 31, Brandon Johnson 1 0-0 2, Colin Chatman 2 2-2 6, Patrick Horton 4 0-0 9, Robin Hood 0 0-0 0, Nick Cimoric 0 0-0 0, Traphael Stubbs 3 2-2 8, Robert Troudo 1 0-0 2. Totals: 28 9-13 68.

Slippery Rock 17 11 11 15—54Farrell 11 17 20 20—683-point goals: Gordon 2, Giesler 2; Holden 2, Horton

JV: Farrell, 54-53 (SR:Alec McDeavitt 18)

Friday: Slippery Rock at Oil City

Sharon 54, Grove City 51 — Jon Anderson and Patrick Johnson netted 14 points apiece for the Eagles (5-6, 2-1), but Sharon (4-5, 2-1) came away with the region victory.

SHARON 54Louis Brown 8 0-2 17, Malik Figgins 1 0-0 2, D'Andre Johnson 5 4-5 15, Ryan Sypolt 0 0-0 0, Robert Hubbard 0 1-3 1, Kaussan Ismail 1 0-0 2, A. Jefferson 0 0-0 0, Shawn Maksko 1 0-0 2, S. Schweiss 5 3-6 13, D. Norcross 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22 8-16 54.

GROVE CITY 51Brady Beech 1 0-0 2, Jon Anderson 5 2-2 14, Jeff Hershberger 2 2-3 6, Patrick Johnson 5 4-7 14, Kyle Perrine 4 1-2 11, Rashad Durant 0 0-1 0, Jason Ferderber 2 0-0 4. Totals: 19 9-15 51.

Sharon 13 17 8 16—54Grove City 14 10 15 12—513-point goals: Brown, Johnson; Anderson 2, Perrine 2

JV: Grove City, 39-37 (OT)

Friday: Grove City at Hickory

Mohawk 77, Summit Academy 55 — Lawrence Lewis had 13 points, but the Knights dropped this section matchup.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 55Keith Banichar 4 0-0 10, Marcus Easley 0 4-6 4, Jalik Peay 2 3-6 7, Lawrence Lewis 5 3-6 13, Rafiq Blakely 1 0-0 2, Rashion Edwards 0 0-0 0, Derrick Rawls 2 0-2 4, Mark Waldron 0 0-0 0, Tauvea Hurt 2 0-1 5, Kevin Goodman 2 0-0 4, Luiz Luzon 0 0-0 0, Isiah Davis 1 0-0 2, Derrick Washington 2 0-0 4. Totals: 21 10-21 55.

MOHAWK 77Jake Grim 10 5-8 27, Matt Minteer 1 0-2 2, Michael Henry 6 6-8 18, Dan Mioni 2 0-0 5, Matt Lorello 9 2-3 20, Jordan Sager 0 2-2 2, Johnny Beatty 0 0-2 0, Josh Marrow 0 0-2 0, Colin Bredl 0 0-0 0, Zach Beatty 1 1-2 3, Andrew Brown 0 0-0 0, Shane Eichenlaub 0 0-0 0. Totals: 29 16-29 77.

Summit Academy 11 11 18 15—55Mohawk 15 21 17 24—773-point goals: Banichar 2, Hurt; Grim 2, MioniPostponed gamesDue to the inclement weather, Fox Chapel at Butler, Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland and Highlands at Knoch were postponed. The Highlands-Knoch matchup will be played at 7:30 p.m. today.In girls basketball action, Seneca Valley at Chartiers Valley also was postponed. No makeup date has been set.

<B>Slippery Rock (boys) 84, Hickory 50 — </B>The Rockets (5-2) won every event in the meet. Jacob Johnston swam his best times of the season in the 100 and 50 freestyle events.Other individual and relay winners included Chuck Davies, Tim Regrut, Ken Tibbens, Kyle Hawk, Brandon Marshall, James Udisious, Andrew Opalewski and Caleb Sykora-Bodie.<B>Hickory 85, Slippery Rock (girls) 84 — </B>The Rockets' Kelsey Reott reduced her school record time to 25.90 seconds in the 50 freestyle and set a school mark of 57.87 in the 100 freestyle. She was joined by Nicole Moraitis, Hannah Parsons and Katie Kosiorek in setting a school record of 2:08.22 in the 200 medley relay.Other Rockets (4-3) achieving season-best times in the meet were Kristen Thompson, Caitlyn Jones, Katelyn Brozenic, Cory Kirk, Emma Knox, Sarah Dublin, Sarah Boice and Sarah Downing.