Slippery Rock opened up a 22-4 lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 59-22 boys basketball victory at Wilmington on Friday.

Josh Book tallied 16 points, Anderson Franco added 11 and Levi Prementine 10 for the Rockets (8-5).

SLIPPERY ROCK 59

Levi Prementine 10, Max Kovacik 5, Doug Popovec 4, Sawyer Allen 2, Braden King 5, Freddy Campagna 3, Anderson Franco 11, Tyler Rice 3, Josh Book 16. Totals: 26 3-5 59.

WILMINGTON 22

Kline 9, Zehetner 3, Bruckner 8, Rossi 2. Totals: 8 4-4 22.

Slippery Rock 22 8 15 14 — 59

Wilmington 4 5 5 8 — 22

3-point goals: Slippery Rock 4 (Kovacik, King, Campagna, Franco); Wilmington 2 (Kline, Zehetner).

Tuesday: Slippery Rock at Hickory

Girls Basketball

Adah Fuller scored 18 points and Karlee Buterbaugh added 10 Thursday night as Knoch defeated Deer Lakes, 57-20, in girls basketball action.

The Knights improved to 8-6 overall, 3-3 in section play. Knoch led 41-12 at halftime.

Freeport 62, Valley 14 — Brooke Kmetz led the Yellowjackets with 15 points. Morgan Croney added 11. Freeport had a 39-8 lead through two quarters.

Ameria Simmons led Valley with seven points.

Seneca Valley 52, Bishop Canevin 24 — Makayla Canty paced the Raiders with 14 points. Seneca Valley improved to 11-4 on the season.

Rifle

Butler was involved in a close match with Mt. Lebanon on Thursday, winning by the score of 798-69x to 798-60x.