Redwomen's Comeback Falls Just Short

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The comeback didn’t quite come back far enough.

The Rock Hill Redwomen put together a fourth quarter comeback that fell short in a 35-32 loss to the South Charleston Black Eagles on Saturday.

Rock Hill trailed 23-17 going into the fourth quarter and outscored South Charleston 15-12 as J’lynn Risner scored 14 of her team’s 15 points.

But Annamiesha Johnson got 5 points and Lauren Brisco-Lambert 3 to hold off the comeback bid.

Nyhanni Watson scored 5 points including a 3-pointer as South Charleston took a 10-9 lead.

Myles Bailey scored 5 points including a 3-pointer for Rock Hill in the quarter.

Johnson had 5 points including a 3-pointer andJada Satterfield got 3 points as the lead went to 18-13 at the half.

Risner scored all 4 points for the Redwomen (3-5).

South Charleston outscored Rock Hill 5-4 in the third quarter to lead 23-17.

Abigail Payne and Risner had the only baskets for Rock Hill in the quarter.

Risner finished with a game-high 20 points.

Johnson had 13 points for the Black Eagles.

Rock Hill     9 4 4 15 = 32

S. Charleston 10 8 5 12 = 35

ROCK HILL (3-5): Myles Bailey 0 1 2-2 5, Sammy Bamer 0 0 0-0 0, Abby Schug 1 0 0-0 2,  Abigail Payne 1 0 1-2 3, Haylee Dancy 1 0 0-4 2, J’lynn Risner 9 0 2-5 20. Totals: 12 1 5-13 32. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.

SOUTH CHARLESTON (3-3): Annaniesha Johnson 4 1 2-5 13, Landyn Brisco-Lambert 0 0 0-0 0, Nyhanni Watson 3 1 0-2 9, Paisley Henderson 0 0 0-0 0, Mikayla Collins 0 0 0-0 0, Zianna Carter 0 0 0-0 0, Lauren Brisco-Lambert 0 2 0-0 6, Jada Satterfield 0 1 0-0 3. Totals: 7 5 2-7 35. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.