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ECCC Continued from Page 6A 62 advantage \\ 1th 3:42 remaining after a pair of free thrO\\S b\ Britney Burks. Shelton 'cored the final seven points of regulation to pull e\ en at 69-69, then opened overtime\\ ith a 6-0 run. The Lady Warriors got three free throws from Kim) atta \ ivcrette and a basket by Lenore Gray to pull to within 75-74 with 2:26 showing. Tamekia foley gave the Lady War– rior., the lead for good with a pair of free shots with 57.9 seconds to go. A layup by Rita Birden off her own steal with -!8.5 seconds left extended the ECCC lead to 78-75. Birden hit a pullup jumper off ,, fast break 18 seconds later and Burks made two free throws with 7.8 seconds remaining to seal the win as ECCC improved to 1-2. "We shov.-ed a tremendous amount of character tonight," Hodge said. "Right out of the chute in overtime they got six points, but we didn't hang our heads and a Jot of times you worry about freshmen hanging their heads. "The bottom line i-, teams like Shelton are who we have to beat to ha' e a chance in our divisiOn. Shelton's a real!) good ballclub and that's a good ,·ictory." Grav led ECCC with 1 pomts \ n Prette and Ebonce' LL>verette both had 15 potnt' while Birden ~cored 13, Burk-. mne and Foley eight. Shelton, 0-3, got 16 p Rombok,,s, 1;:; from Em from Marie Heac 1\: nine from l\lar u

Shelton men ECCC 89 84 In what is becoming a bad habit, the \.Var riors fell behind by 1 >points jn the hr!:>t h,1lf ~ and trailed by 21 (62-41) with 16:20 remaining. "That'~ two g,,mcs in a ro\'\" that we'Ye gotten that far down," Warriors' head coach Bill Smith said. "Th~ v shot the lights otlt in the fin;t h,lif and the tart of the second half. It seemed like evc1 thing we tried to do, they capitalized on "Then we startc being a little more aggressive on offens and started getting to the free throw line a1 .:1 that's when we were able to get back in the game." ECCC battled back to within five on a 3- pomter by Demario Qualls at 79-74 with "'>:13 to go and was still w hin f1w at 87-82 when the Buckaneers tun •d the ball over on a shot-clock violation' ·ith 1:04 left. Two turnovers by the Warriors prevented any turther comcb, ·k and a pair of free throws by Joseph M. tin with nine seconds remaining gave the 1 caloo!>a team an 89-82 ad vantage. Corey Hornsby, a ophomore trom Baton Rouge, La., led the Warriors, 1-2, '' 1th 38 points. Hornsby, who hit :-ix ::.hots from 3- point range, is aYcragmg 12.7 pomts through three game". ECCC also got 18 poinb !rom Qualls 10 from jamaal Martin, st>ven trom Desmond }one "IX from Donzel Crenshaw, and 1\e from Bran :Jon Ma ...on. TlDl led S lton 1-0 '' ith 24 pomts 2 nd Marcuc. Cooke:,