Playing its fourth game in three days, No. 11 Roland Park proved it can go the distance with anyone this season.

The Reds broke open a deadlock with an explosive final quarter Thursday and defeated No. 5 Dunbar, 47-43, in the 25th annual BBOWS Holly & Hoops Tournament at Notre Dame Prep.

Roland Park (7-4) overcame a slew of missed layups in the first 24 minutes and rode the scoring of Daisy Alaeze and passing of Beth Kelly to a 19-point final quarter.

Alaeze, who will play at Virginia Commonwealth University next season, scored eight of her team-high 22 points and grabbed four of her team-high nine rebounds in the fourth period.

"It's one thing to be a senior and want to make big plays, but it's a different thing to do it consistently like she does," Roland Park coach Scott Buckley said. "When we need a big play, she comes through for us."

The Reds needed a lot of plays, and most of them started with Kelly, who had all four of her assists in the final period.

Dunbar (7-2) led 33-30 after a three-point play by Shylia Buie (nine points) and a putback by Sierra Johnson with 6:35 remaining.

But Kelly fed Christa Reese to begin a 9-0 run with six minutes left.

Reese's free throw tied it at 33-33 and Aleaze converted Kelly's pass for a 35-33 lead.

Freshman Michala Clay (four points) — who was scoreless in the first three periods because of early foul trouble — made it 37-33 off Kelly's assist, and another Kelly pass led to two Lindsey Edwards free throws to complete the run.

"In the fourth quarter, [Kelly] was able to beat a couple of their defenders off the dribble and get in the paint, and she made real good decisions in the paint," Buckley said.

Dunbar senior standout Michelle Wright did her best to fuel a comeback, scoring eight of the Poets' final 10 points, but it wasn't enough.

Wright, who battled fourth-quarter foul trouble, finished with a game-high 24 points and 19 rebounds.

The Poets (7-2) had a 37-20 rebounding edge, but they struggled from the perimeter.

Wright was 10 of 21 from the floor and made Dunbar's only three pointer. The rest of the squad was 0-for-8 from beyond the arc.

"We stayed in man-to-man, but when they started bringing Michelle out high they were really looking for that 1-4 clear out, and we just sucked in," Buckley said. "If we got beat off the kick out jumper, so be it."

Dunbar coach Wardell Selby said he was just glad to see good competition in the tournament.

"We used the three games in this tournament as a stepping stone for our regular season," he said. "It gave me a chance to take a look at a lot of teams that do back door cuts and a lot of screens, so we are going to use this in preparation for our upcoming games."

Buckley will no doubt give his team some rest and enjoy the win over the defending Class 1A state champions.

"It's always big to beat somebody local, and they are ranked in the top five," he said.