By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

SCIOTOVILLE — Now let me tell you about the one that DIDN’T get away.

Two of Rock Hill’s three losses this season have been in the final minutes. But Thursday night the Redwomen held on to beat the Sciotoville East Lady Tartans 62-53 in a non-league game.

“We’ve had tight games in the fourth quarter and something would happen and we’d lose,” said Rock Hill coach Alvin Carpenter.

“We needed a game like this where the game was tight and we were able to hold it this time and get the win.”

One thing that happened in Rock Hill’s favor was Chelsea Harper who scored a game-high 31 points. She also had 10 rebounds and seven steals.

Dani Crabtree had 12 rebounds and Brooke Hanshaw nine. Courtney Duncah had six steals.

Toni Lang scored 23 points and Megan Williams 14 for East.

Harper scored eight points in the first quarter as Rock Hill jumped out to a 14-7 lead.

Duncan scored seven of her nine points in the second quarter as the Redwomen took a 32-24 lead into the locker room. Lang had eight points to keep East close.

Rock Hill (4-3) pulled away to a 48-33 after three quarters.

Lang got 12 points in the fourth quarter as East tried to rally, but Harper scored 11 points to help seal the win.

“(Nicole) Stamper and (Brook) Knipp played their best defensive games of the year. Hanshaw came in and did a nice job against Lang. She was giving up three inches and 40 pounds,” said Carpenter.

Rock Hill 14 18 16 14 = 62

Sciotoville East 7 17 9 20 = 53

ROCK HILL (4-3): Chelsea Harper 9 2 7-13 31, Brook Knipp 1 0 3-4 5, Nicole Stamper 0 0 0-2 0, Courtney Duncan 3 0 3-9 9, Tommi Butler 2 0 0-0 4, Brittany Thompson 2 0 3-4 7, Dani Crabtree 2 0 2-5 6, Sarah Travis 0 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Blagg 0 0 0-0 0, Brooke Hanshaw 0 0 0-0 0, Ashton Neal 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-50 18-37 62. Fouls: 29. Fouled out: Stamper, Butler, Thompson, Crabtree. 3-point goals: 2-9. Rebounds: 39 (Crabtree 12, Harper 10, Hanshaw 9). Steals: 14 (Harper 7, Duncan 6). Turnovers: 16.

SCIOTOVILLE EAST (NA): Brittany Swords 0 0 0-1 0, Megan Williams 1 2 6-13 14, Emily Howard 1 0 5-6 7, Samantha Norwood 1 0 0-0 2, Torrie Kelly 2 0 3-4 7, Toni Lang 8 0 7-14 23, Sierra Dingus 0 0 0-0 0, Brooklyn Meadows 0 0 0-0 0, Morgan Boggs 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 2 21-38 53. Fouls: 28. Fouled out: Kelly, Williams, Dingus.