Bill Johnson scored 23 points, including 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range, but the Slippery Rock University men's basketball team fell to California (Pa.) University 75-62 in the PSAC West opener Wednesday night.

The Rock (1-13, 0-1) led 39-37 at the half, but the Vulcans pulled away in the second half.

Glenn Reepmeyer added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Rock.

Sharif Bray scored 22 points for California (10-3, 1-0).

SLIPPERY ROCK (62)

Brandon Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Bill Johnson 7-13 4-4 23, Mason Glick 2-6 1-2 5, Ryan Yarosik 2-2 0-0 6, Glenn Reepmeyer 7-17 1-3 15, Jason Bratten 3-7 0-0 9, Dejan Jancic 1-4 2-2 4. Totals: 22-50 8-11 62.

CALIFORNIA (Pa.) (75)

Boris Mesnager 9-12 1-3 19, Mike Smelkinson 1-1 0-0 2, Travis Eisentrout 3-10 0-0 8, Damr Ruffin 1-2 0-2 2, Sharif Bray 8-13 2-2 22, London Houston 5-7 2-2 12, Gullaume Beyl 3-5 0-0 8, Mitar Zivanovic 0-0 0-0 0, Philip Veinott 1-1 0-0 2, Sammy ahman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals:31-51 5-9 75

Halftime - SRU, 39-37. 3-point goals - SRU 10-16 (Johnson 5-8, Glick 0-2, Yarosik 2-2, Bratten 3-4), Cal 8-16 (Eisentrout 2-7, Bray 4-7, Beyl 2-2). Rebounds - SRU 25 (Reepmeyer 7), Cal 27 (Mesanger, Ruffin 6). Assists - SRU 18 (Glick 8), Cal 17 (Bray 7). Total fouls - SRU 8, Cal 15. Fouled out - None; Technical fouls - none.

Jeremy Peterson and Matt Lobaugh each tallied 14 points, but the Butler County Community College squad lost to the Community College of Beaver County 111-67 Wednesday.

The Pioneers (11-6, 1-2) play CCAC-AlleghenyFriday.

Stacey Green had a game-high 15 points and added eight rebounds, but Slippery Rock fell to California (Pa.) 67-41 in a PSAC West game Wednesday.The Vulcans (11-2) had 19 steals in the game but were outrebounded by SRU 39-31. The team received 14 points apiece from Megan Storck and Sara McKinney.SLIPPERY ROCK (41)Amber McFeely 0-5 0-0 0, Angela Greaser 1-5 3-4 5, Stacey Green 5-9 4-7 15, Dana Stewart 1-4 1-2 3, Erin Frankovich 1-3 0-0 2, Sarah Cybulski 0-2 2-3 2, Kara Spagnola 0-0 0-0 0, Amanda Chojnacki 1-2 0-0 2, Kristen Bonner 2-4 0-0 4, Jess Caso 0 0-0 0, Amanda Kaufman 2-5 0-0 4, Cathy Lee Peffer 0-0 2-4 2, Kellyann Staudinger 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 14-40 12-20 41.CALIFORNIA (Pa.) (67)Lisa Gottuso 2-3 2-5 7, Dani Mills 1-8 2-2 4, Megan Storck 6-14 0-0 14, Erin Dillon 5-11 0-0 10, Sara McKinney 6-15 2-4 14, Saramarie Bukas 4-6 0-1 8, Danielle Dukes 1-2 0-0 2, Kim Nowakowski 1-4 2-2 4, Fanisha Clark 0-2 0-0 0, Devon Powers 1-1 2-2 4. Totals:27-66 10-16 67.Halftime - CUP, 31-17. 3-point goals - SRU 1-9 (Green 1-2, Cybulski 0-1, McFeely 0-2, Greaser 0-2, Bonner 0-2), CUP 3-11 (Storck 2-8, Gottuso 1-2, Dillon 0-1). Rebounds - SRU 39 (Green 8), CUP 31 (Gottuso 9). Assists - SRU 9 (McFeely 5, CUP 19 (Storck 9). Total fouls - SRU 16, CUP 19. Fouled out - None (SRU); Technical fouls - none.Karns City graduate Stephanie DeVore scored 16 points and Alicia Sheppeck (Knoch) had 13 points and a school-record 30 rebounds to lead the Butler County Community College women's basketball team to a 50-37 victory over CCAC-Boyce Wednesday.Brittany Anderson (Karns City) added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Pioneers (4-10, 2-3).Grove City College nearly erased a 12-point deficit in the final 1 minute, 20 seconds, but fell to Penn State-Behrend 51-50 Wednesday.Rachel Romance, Jocelyn Kempema and Shannon Overdorff each scored 11 points for the Wolverines (7-6).