CHILLICOTHE — Don’t ever give the other guy a head start.

That’s what the Rock Hill Redmen did Tuesday night as they fell behind with a scoreless first quarter and never recovered as they lost 55-43 to the Waverly Tigers in the Division II sectional tournament semifinals.

Waverly outscored Rock Hill 15-0 in the first quarter. The Redmen outscored the Tigers by 3 points the rest of the way, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the early deficit.

Rock Hill rallied in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 25-16 at the half and trailed just 33-28 at the end of three quarters.

But Waverly outscored the Redmen 22-15 in the fourth quarter.

Mike Ison led Rock Hill (13-7) with 12 points. Matt Matney had 10 points.

Justin Hilton led all scorers with 20 points for Waverly (16-4). Trevor Walls scored 16.

Waverly plays at 7 p.m. Saturday against the McClain-Unioto winner.

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ROCK HILL (13-7): Wes Pierson 2 0 0-0 4, Nathan Davenport 2 0 2-4 6, Matt Matney 5 0 0-2 10, Mark DePriest 0 1 0-0 3, Andrew Stumbo 0 0 0-0 0, Mike Ison 4 1 1-1 12, Aaron Butler 2 1 0-1 7. Totals: 15

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43. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: None.

WAVERLY (16-4): Ramone Conley 3 0 1-2 7, Corey Williams 1 0 6-6 8, Mason Good 1 0 0-0 2, Roy Conley 1 0 0-4 2, Justin Hilton 6 1 5-5 20, Trevor Walls 7 0 2-5 16. Totals: 19

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5. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.