Knoch may be picking the right time to find its game.

The Knights dropped eight of their first 10 games this season, but moved to 2-0 in section play Friday night with a 62-59 home boys basketball win over Indiana. Derek Lang scored 17 points and Teagan Finucan 14 for Knoch. They combined to sink nine treys.

Knoch (4-8, 2-0) led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter, but fell behind the Little Indians (5-6, 1-2) before winning the tight game in the fourth. Gasparo Porco sank a layup with seconds remaining to help the Knights hold on.

The Knights host Hampton Friday night.

INDIANA 59

Homer 17, Webb 17, Todd 11.

KNOCH 62

Derek Lang 17, Teagan Finucan 14, Zane Pacek 8.

Indiana 19 13 15 12 — 59

Knoch 12 27 12 11 — 62

Mars 49, South Fayette 48 — Tasso Sfanos scored 18 points for the Planets, who survived with a one-point victory on the road. Mars took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Ryan Ceh contributed 16 points for Mars (8-2, 2-1), who return home to face Chartiers Valley on Friday night.

MARS 49

Drew Navetta 2, Tasso Sfanos 18, Remi Black 13, Ryan Ceh 13. Totals: 21 2-6 49.

SOUTH FAYETTE 48

Plasko 17, Knox 11, Hill 15, Drosz 3, Chada 2. Totals: 18 5-9 48.

Mars 8 17 15 9 — 49

S.Fayette 5 17 7 19 — 48

Pine-Richland 59, Seneca Valley 58 — Luke Lawson scored 18 points and Andrew Roy 17 for the Raiders (4-7, 1-2) in this one-point loss at home. Emery Moye netted 25 points for Pine-Richland (3-8, 1-2).

Seneca Valley hosts North Allegheny Friday night.

PINE-RICHLAND 59

Eli Caralano 9, Emery Moye 25, Owen Luellen 14, Andrew Lamendola 2, Joshua Gimbel 9. Totals: 23 4-6 59.

SENECA VALLEY 58

Andrew Roy 17, Connor Oros 15, Jackson Wetzel 3, Luke Lawson 18, Tyler Pepin 5. Totals: 22 9-12 58.

Pine-Richland 8 17 22 12 — 59

Seneca Valley 11 23 16 8 — 58

North Catholic 74, Central Valley 63 — The Trojans (7-5, 3-1) received 33 points from Max Hurray and 22 from Andrew Maddalon in winning their third straight game.

NORTH CATHOLIC 74

Max Hurray 33, Andrew Maddalon 22, Matt Ellery 11.

CENTRAL VALLEY 63

Drew Vascich 23, Isiah Jeter 18.

Noth Catholic 21 14 32 17 — 74

Central Valley 21 7 21 14 — 63

Karns City 50, DuBois Area 48 — The Gremlins overcame a first half in which they scored just 12 points by outscoring the Beavers 38-21 in the final two quarters to earn this victory on the road Monday night.

Taite Beighley tallied 19 points and seven assists for the Gremlins (7-2), Jacob Callihan had 10 points and seven boards and Micah Rupp nine points, seven rebounds and four blocks.

KARNS CITY 50

Hobie Bartoe 6, Taite Beighley 19, Micah Rupp 9, Jacob Callihan 10, Shane Peters 6

DUBOIS AREA 48

Gudalis 3, Farrell 2, Thompson 3, Bennett 8, West 5, Williams 13, Kennis 14

Karns City 6 6 15 23 — 50

DuBois Area 12 15 3 18 — 48

Summit Academy 66, St. Joseph’s 65 — Allen Grimes netted 29 points for the Knights, who won this game on a free throw by Kiron Douglas with five seconds remaining. Summit Academy improved to 6-2 overall, 2-1 in section play, and hosts Amani Christian Friday night.

ST. JOSEPH’S 65

A.Zavolta 2, B.Moore 2, Q.Stefaniak 7, E.Zale 20, J.Giannetta 34. Totals: 26 8-12 65.

SUMMIT ACADEMY 66

Kristian Clayton 4, Amor Pacley 2, Kiron Douglas 9, Tayvone Dibbs 11, Elijah Adams 11, Allen Grimes 29. Totals: 25 9-16 66.

St. Joseph’s 17 20 17 11 — 65

Summit Academy 23 10 17 16 — 66

Girls Basketball

Jordan Macurak scored 20 points and Chloe Fritch added 14 to lead Karns City to a 54-23 victory over Forest Area.

The Gremlins broke the game open by outscoring Forest 22-8 in the third quarter. That gave KC a 42-18 lead with eight minutes to play.

KARNS CITY 54

Emma Dailey 8, Naomi Venesky 3, Chloe Fritch 14, Hannah Dailey 3, Samantha Prescott 3. Hannah Buchanan 1, Taylor King 2,. Jordan Macurak 20. Totals: 15 19-29 54.

FOREST 23

Tori Brown 3, Kaylie Roske 4, Amber Guzzi 14, Gabbi Arayo 2. Totals: 9 4-8 23.

Karns City 8 12 22 8 — 54

Forest 4 6 8 5 — 23

Redbank Valley 75, A-C Valley 8 — Mylee Harmon led three Bulldogs in double figures, scoring 31 points. Mackenzie Parks scored six points for A-C Valley (0-12), which plays Thursday at Karns City.

REDBANK VALLEY 75

Mylee Harmon 31, Alivia Huffman 16, Quinn Wolfe 6, Ryleigh Evans 5, Alyssa Bowser 1, Caylen Rearick 13, Adyson Bond 3.

A-C VALLEY 8

Mackenzie Parks 6, Emma Raschiatore 2.

Redbank Valley 32 27 9 7 — 75

A-C Valley 4 4 0 0 — 8

Union 40, Clarion-Limestone 27 — Katie Gezik scored 14 points and Cheyenne Dowling 10 for Union, which won on the road.

UNION 40

Ava Strauser 5, Hailey Theuret 3, Gracie Gallagher 7, Karie Gezik 14, Cheyenne Dowling 10, Kya Wetzel. Totals: 18 2-10 40.

CKLARION-LIMESTONE 27

Alyssa Wyant 14, Alex Leadbetter 2, Lexi Coull 2, K.K. Sebastian Sims 4, Grace Shick 1, Jenna Dunn 4. Totals: 10 7-15 27.

Union 8 11 13 8 — 40

Cl-Limestone 10 4 7 6 — 27