Brian Giesler scored 28 points and Alec McDeavitt had 19 Tuesday night, but Slippery Rock High suffered a 73-66 boys basketball loss at Sharon.

Giesler and McDeavitt combined to sink 10 3-pointers for the Rockets (5-4).

Andre Jefferson paced Sharon with 30 points.

SLIPPERY ROCK 66Sean White 0 1-2 1, Alec McDeavitt 6 1-7 19, Ryan Thompson 2 4-7 8, Brian Giesler 10 4-5 28, Caleb Whitney 3 0-0 6, Ryan Currie 1 0-0 2, Ty Udy 1 0-1 2.

Totals: 23 10-22 66.

SHARON 73Marlon Sanders 3 4-8 10, Andre Jefferson 10 7-9 30, Khalil Thompson 4 6-6 14, Doug McVehil 1 0-0 3, Charles Brown 6 2-5 14, Billy Jackson 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 25 19-28 73.

Slippery Rock 15 12 16 23—66Sharon 19 14 15 25—733-point goals: Slippery Rock 10 (McDeavitt 6, Geisler 4); Sharon 4 (Jefferson 3, McVehil).

JV score: Sharon, 60-52

Friday: Slippery Rock at Oil City

South Fayette defeated Knoch 4-2. No details were available.