Seneca Valley’s C.J. Brown (23) goes up for a lay-up over Perrydefender John Henderson during the Raiders’ 81-71 overtimebasketball victory Saturday.

Zack Ejzak saved his best game for his last home game.

The Slippery Rock HighSchool senior scored 20 of the Rockets' final 29 points and finished with a career high 30 points in a 63-57 double-overtime win over Oil City Saturday night.

Ejzak helped Slippery Rock overcome a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter, sparking a 17-0 run.

Oil City rallied to tie the score, but the Rockets(14-8, 4-5) outlasted the Oilers in the second overtime period.

Ejzak added 10 rebounds.

Derrick Orloski added 15 points and five assists for Slippery Rock, which faces a showdown with Titusville Friday in a game that could potentially decided the final playoff spot out of the region.

OIL CITY 57Carson 8 0-0 20, Martin 1 0-0 2, Bogan 2 0-0 4, Davis 3 0-0 6, May 5 0-0 10, Carll 5 1-2 15. Totals: 24 1-2 57

SLIPPERY ROCK 63Ethan Geisler 4 1-2 9, Orloski 4 7-11 15, Brian Giesler 3 0-0 8, Nick Cress 0 0-0 0, Zack Ejzak 10 10-15 30, Brant Sloan 0 1-2 1, Ryan Gordon 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 19-30 63

Oil City 16 8 14 10 5 4—57Slippery Rock 11 6 13 18 5 10—633-point goals: Carson 4, Carll 4; Giesler 2

JV: Oil City 49-36 (Steve Drake 8)

Monday: SlipperyRock @ Strong Vincent

McDowell 64, Grove City 38 — The Eagles (14-8) fell behind big in the first quarter and never recovered in this non-region loss.

GROVE CITY 38Keith Rundle 0 2-2 2, Jeff Hershberger 2 0-0 4, Maxx Stutz 3 1-2 7, Ryan McNamara 3 0-1 6, Patrick Johnson 4 0-0 8, Dwayne Martin 1 1-2 3, Derek Forese 3 0-0 8. Totals: 16 4-10 38

McDOWELL 64Spronatti 3 1-1 9, Hansen 0 1-2 1, Kuna 1 2-2 4, Kimbal 4 0-0 10, Loomis 3 0-0 8, Letto 1 3-3 5, Keim 4 3-4 13, Skellie 2 0-2 4, Franz 1 2-2 4, Baker 1 2-2 4. Totals:21 14-18 64

Grove City 4 12 11 11—38McDowell 18 8 19 21—643-point goals: Forese 2; Spronatti 2, Kimble 2, Loomis 2, Keim 2

JV: N/A

Tuesday: Franklin @ Grove City

Seneca Valley 81, Perry 71 — The Raiders (16-7) defeated Perry in overtime, outscoring the visitors 16-6 in the extra session. C.J. Brown scored 24 points while John Fitzpatrick added 18, Nate Herrmann 13 and Dan Rohm 12.Seneca Valley wraps up its regular season tonight, hosting West Allegheny.

Ford City 56, Freeport 49 — Alex Isenberg scored 12 points and Harrison Wood 11 for the Yellowjackets, who were outscored by 10 in the final quarter.

Catherine Messmer scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds by the half for a double-double as the Seneca Valley girls basketball team routed Montour 55-37 Saturday afternoon.KelseyPatsilevas added 12 points for the Raiders (10-13), who will close out their regular season today against Hempfield. The junior varsity game will tip off at 4 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 5:30 p.m.<B>Sharon 50, Grove City 47</B> — Caitlin McNamara scored 14 points and shot 10-of-11 from the free throw line, but the Eagles (11-11, 3-7) fell in this region matchup.<B>GROVE CITY 47Maggie Orr 4 0-0 8, Caitlin McNamara 2 10-11 14, Kim Cook 2 0-0 4, Caitlin Rothman 2 2-4 6, Lauryn Franklin 3 1-2 7, Kristy Woods 1 1-1 3, Sammi Bell 2 1-2 5. </B>Totals: 16 15-20 47<B>SHARON 50George 0 1-2 1, Smith 5 5-7 15, Taylor 7 5-10 20, Carpenter 0 6-8 6, Lampkins 2 2-2 8, Benedetto 0 0-2 0.</B> Totals: 14 19-31 50<B>Grove City 10 15 11 11—47Sharon 13 16 10 11—503-point goals:</B> Taylor, Lampkins 2<B>JV:</B> Sharon 45-23<B>Wednesday:</B> Grove City @ Franklin<B>Slippery Rock 57, Oil City 37 </B>— Karly Rhoads scored 22 points and the Rockets used a dominating second half to emerge with a region win.Sarah Cessar added 11 points and 10 rebounds and Rhoads also had five assists for Slippery Rock (15-6, 8-2).<B>SLIPPERY ROCK 57Karly Rhoads 8 5-5 22, Ali Doyle 2 3-4 7, Kourtney Rhoads 2 0-0 5, Adele Campbell 6 0-0 12, SarahCessar 5 0-0 11, Paige Walter 0 0-0 0, Heather Finecey 0 0-0 0. </B>Totals: 23 8-9 57<B>OIL CITY 37Clide 1 0-0 2, Weidle 1 0-0 2, McKissick 8 0-0 18, Hidinger 4 0-0 9, Knight 1 0-0 2, Burchfield 1 2-4 4.</B> Totals: 16 2-4 37<B>Slippery Rock 8 19 13 17—57Oil City 12 9 14 2—373-point goals:</B> Karly Rhoads, Kourtney Rhoads, Cessar; McKissick 2, Hidinger<B>JV:</B> Slippery Rock 40-33<B>Tuesday:</B> Slippery Rock @ StrongVincent