CHESAPEAKE — Just when things looked dark, a light began to shine for the Chesapeake Panthers.

That crack of daylight propelled the Panthers to a 57-55 overtime win over the Rock Hill Redmen Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“We were in a spot and we didn’t think we could come back. We got down eight points in the second half but we didn’t quit,” said Panthers coach Ryan Davis. “We defended pretty well.”

Rock Hill got seven points from Nathan Davenport in the third quarter to open up an eight-point lead. But Kyle Webb scored five points as the Panthers came back to get within 35-31.

In the fourth quarter, Nathan Copley hit a 3-pointer, Kyle Rase scored 4 points and Tyler Shoemaker made 5-of-7 at the foul line. Rock Hill counted with Wes Pierson and Matt Matney scoring 4 points each and the game was deadlocked 43-43 at the end of regulation.

Adam Ross scored all 7 of his points in overtime and Shoemaker was 3-of-4 at the line as the Panthers outscored the Redmen 14-12.

Rock Hill led 8-4 at the end of the first quarter and 23-22 at the half.

Webb led Chesapeake (4-1, 2-0 OVC) with 18 points. Shoemaker had 12 points — all from the foul line — and Kyle Rase had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Copley also had 9 rebounds.

Davenport had 12 points, 15 rebounds, three blocked shots, and two steals before fouling out with less than two minutes in regulation.

Pierson had 11 points and 2 assists and Matney 10 points and 3 assists. Mark DePriest grabbed 6 rebounds for the Redmen (1-4, 0-2).

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ROCK HILL (1-4, 0-2): Seth Kuehne 1-2 0-0 3-3 5, Wes Pierson 2-5 2-3 1-2 11, Nate Davenport 4-12 1-1 1-2 12, Matt Matney 5-14 0-1 0-0 10, Mark DePriest 1-4 0-1 0-3 2, Drew Kuehne 3-6 0-0 3-4 9, Aaron Butler 2-3 0-1 0-0 4. Totals: Fouls: 23. Fouled out: Davenport. Rebounds: 27 (Davenport 15, DePriest 6). Assists: 9 (Matney 3, Pierson 2). Steals: 3 (Davenport 2). Turnovers: 24. Blocked shots: 4 (Davenport 3, Matney 1).

CHESAPEAKE (4-1, 2-0): Aaron Ross 1 1 2-2 7, Nathan Copley 1 1 1-1 6, Kyle Rase 4 0 2-2 10, Tyler Shoemaker 0 0 12-15 12, Kyle Webb 6 1 3-3 18, Aaron Donahoe 1 0 0-0 2, Trent Saunders 1 0 0-0 2, Travis Zimmerman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17-59 20-23 57. 3-point goals: 3. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 32 (Copley 9, Rase 9).