Redwomen down Lady Raiders for first win

Published 1:03 am Sunday, January 24, 2010

CHESHIRE — You haven’t won a game, you’re in overtime and all five starters have fouled out. It seemed like a bad situation for the Rock Hill Redwomen.

But backups Kayla Wright, Katie Johnson, Brooke Knipp, Kelsey Blagg and Tommi Butler thought otherwise as they gave Rock Hill a 62-56 stunning upset of the River Valley Lady Raiders Thursday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“Our young kids really stepped it up and our press was a big difference,” said Rock Hill coach Alvin Carpenter. “I can’t say enough about the effort of all our girls, especially the younger ones.”

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Chelsea Harper and Courtney Duncan led the Redwomen. Harper had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals while Duncan finished with 18 points, 7 steals and 4 assists.

Rock Hill — who was winless last season — is now 1-10 and 1-5.

Brooke Marcum scored 16 points and Kesley Sanders 15 for River Valley.

The Lady Raiders led 15-11 after the first quarter despite 6 points by Harper.

Duncan had 7 points in the second quarter but Marcum had 7 as River Valley led 29-22 at the half.

The Redwomen cut the deficit to 40-35 in the third quarter as Harper scored 7 points.

Duncan had 7 more in the fourth quarter as Rock Hill rallied to tie the game.

In overtime, Harper hit a 3-pointer to start the quarter but then fouled out. Wright entered the game and hit a long triple to erase a one-point deficit and Johnson then hit three straight foul shots over the final 30 seconds to seal the win.

Rock Hill 11 11 13 16 11 = 62

River Valley 15 14 11 11 5 = 56

ROCK HILL (1-10, 1-5): Courtney Duncan 6 1 3-8 18, Chelsea Harper 5 3 3-9 22, Kayla Wright 0 1 0-0 3, Katie Johnson 0 0 3-5 3, Ashlee Malone 1 0 0-0 2, Tailor Guy 3 0 2-4 8, Tommi Butler 0 0 1-2 1, Brittany Thompson 1 0 3-6 5, Kelsey Blagg 0 0 0-0 0, Brooke Knipp 0 0 0-0 0, Nicole Stamper 0 0 0-0 0, Santana Lewis 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-65 15-35 62. Fouls: 32. Fouled out: Duncan, Harper, Malone, Thompson, Guy. 3-point goals: 5-20. Rebounds: 30 (Thompson, Harper, Butler 6 each). Assists: 9 (Duncan 4, Harper 4). Steals: 14 (Duncan 7, Harper 5). Blocked shots: Guy 3.

RIVER VALLEY (7-5, NA): Jessica Hager 4 0 0-7 8, Shalin Comer 0 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Sands 6 0 3-7 15, Alli Neville 1 0 2-6 4, Beth Misner 1 0 3-6 5, Traci Roberts 3 0 1-5 7, Brooke Marcum 5 0 6-13 16. Totals: 20 0 16-46 56. Fouls: 23. Fouled out: Marcum, Sands.