Mars made 15-of-20 free throws in the fourth quarter to rally past Valley for a 62-55 boys basketball victory Tuesday night.

The Planets led by seven points at the half, but Valley stormed back with a 29-point third quarter.

Mars, though, settled down in the final period.

Christian Locher scored 18 points, Ian Hindley 17 and Brad Weischedel 15 for the Planets (5-3, 3-1).

Weischedel was 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final quarter.

MARS 62Tim Vandall 0 2-2 2, Brad Weischedel 3 8-13 15, Christian Locher 6 4-6 18, Mike Lindenbaum 2 0-0 6, Luke Gruber 1 2-3 4, Ian Hindley 6 5-6 17.

Totals: 18 21-30 62.

VALLEY 55Fuquay 8 2-3 19, O'Heal 5 8-8 19, Weremeychik 1 0-0 3, DiCarolis 3 1-1 9, Hinton 1 0-0 3, Kahaan 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 19 11-12 55.

Mars 15 10 17 20—62Valley 13 5 29 8—553-point goals: Mars 5 (Weischedel, Locher 2, Lindenbaum 2); Valley 6 (Fuquay, O'Heal, Weremeychik, DiCarolis 2, Hinton).

Today: Highlands at Mars

Highlands 80, Knoch 49 — The Rams hit 15 3-pointers on the way to the rout of the Knights.Andrew Wirtz led Knoch (6-4, 1-2) with 17 points.

KNOCH 49Kevin Wood 1 0-0 2, Andrew Wirtz 6 3-4 17, Chris Cetnar 1 2-2 5, Adam Seger 4 0-0 9, Jake McTighe 2 0-0 4, Rovert Zanella 2 0-0 4, Nathan Junk 2 0-0 4, Micah Lio 1 2-2 4.

Totals: 19 7-8 49.

HIGHLANDS 80Boone 3 0-0 6, Mason 7 2-2 23, Grenski 6 3-3 18, Eberhart 1 0-0 2, Carter 7 0-0 16, Edwards 4 4-4 15.

Totals: 28 9-9 80.

Knoch 8 15 10 16—49Highlands 16 23 15 23—803-point goals: Knoch 4 (Wirtz 2, Cetnar, Seger); Highlands 15 (Mason 7, Grenski 3, Carter 2, Edwards 3).

JV Score: Highlands 49-42

Friday: Valley at Knoch

Freeport 69, Ford City 55 — Jake Campbell tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Yellowjackets pulled away in the second half.Shawn Liberto pitched in 10 points and Darius Frantz had eight blocked shots for Freeport (6-2, 4-0).

FORD CITY 55Shanty 4 3-4 13, Good 2 0-0 4, Commodore 1 2-4 5, Sigler 3 3-5 9, Carson 2 0-0 4, Statler 1 1-2 3, Lasher 5 2-4 12, Klukan 1 2-2 4, Lattanzio 0 1-1 1.

Totals: 16 14-22 55.

FREEPORT 69Nick Gentile 3 2-2 8, Derek Durand 2 0-0 5, Tyler Collins 4 0-0 9, Darius Frantz 3 3-5 9, Alex Isenberg 1 3-4 6, Jake Campbell 8 1-2 20, Shawn Liberto 4 2-4 10, Alex Carson 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 20 11-17 69.

Ford City 13 17 10 15—55Freeport 15 15 20 19—693-point goals: Ford City 3 (Shanty 2, Commodore); Freeport 6 (Durand, Collins, Isenberg, Campbell 3).

Friday: Freeport at Apollo-Ridge

Farrell 80, Slippery Rock 53 — Brian Giesler scored 18 points and Ryan Gordon added 14, but the Rockets (4-5, 0-3) faded in the second half.

FARRELL 80Scott 2 2-2 6, Jefferson 4 1-2 10, Johnson 8 4-6 21, Coleman 1 0-0 2, Stewart 0 2-2 2, Horton 9 0-0 18, Brodie 4 0-0 8, Barrow 1 0-2 2, James 0 1-2 1, Odom 2 2-6 7, Goudy 1 1-1 3.

Totals: 32 13-23 80.

SLIPPERY ROCK 53Brent Ayers 2 1-5 5, Brian Giesler 8 1-2 18, Ryan Gordan 5 2-4 14, Alec McDeavitt 2 0-0 4, Caleb Whitney 4 2-4 10, Cody Wolinski 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 21 6-15 53.

Farrell 13 22 24 21—80Slippery Rock 14 16 10 11—533-point goals: Farrell 3 (Jefferson, Johnson, Odom); Slippery Rock 3 (Giesler, Gordon 2).

Friday: Oil City at Slippery Rock

Summit Academy 70, Mohawk 55 — Qu'ran Reaves and Sanjae Bascoe each scored 12 points to lead a balanced attack for the Knights (4-7, 3-2).Reaves also had 10 assists.

Seneca Valley placed third in the Trinity Area Elite Duals last weekend, defeating West Mifflin and Plum and losing to to Chartiers-Houston, Bethel Park and Trinity.Raiders 103-pounder Jake Perri won all five of his matches, three by pin, including a 4-second pin against Plum that tied a school record.Colton Schiever at 119 pounds, Nate Cully at 145 and Nick Marchi at 189 went 4-1, with Schiever and Cully getting two pins each.The Raiders' Aaron Schettler at 125, Jason Hildum at 135, Nick Phillips at 140 and Kyle Kukieza at 160 each had three wins.