QUEENS, N.Y. - The Roberts women's basketball team rallied back from a 10 point deficit late in the fourth quarter to give Queens College a scare, but the Knights were able to hold on long enough to get the win, 61-58.
 
With 2:54 remaining in the game Roberts was staring at a 54-44 disadvantage and after a difficult shooting night the team needed a spark to fight its way back into the contest. The Redhawks found that on back-to-back possessions when junior Georgia Haverlock grabbed two consecutive steals which led to a five point swing for Roberts. Haverlock had the first bucket on a fast break layup followed by a Paris Anthony three pointer on the next trip down the floor.
 
The Redhawks cut the lead to four points following a Haverlock jumper with 10 seconds left, and Anthony hit a last second layup but it wasn't enough to top the Knights.
 
"What hurt us was the rebounding and missing some layups that we should have made," said head coach Kevin Clifford. " But I'm proud of the effort, the fight in coming back and the scrappiness. We are inexperienced and learning how to win, but we are close. We are really becoming a team."
 
Haverlock led the team with 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. The guard also had three assists and four steals.
 
Anthony had her best scoring game as a Redhawk with 11 points in 28 minutes of action
 
Queens was led almost entirely by Chelsea Reeves who finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds. 13 of Reeve's points came from the charity stripe.
 
Roberts falls to 1-6 on the season and 0-1 in East Coast Conference play.
 
The team will be back in action again on Sunday against Molloy. Tip time is set for noon.