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in overtime to give Gulf Coast the win. ECCC led by as many as eight points on two occa– sions in the flrst half before taking a 41-36lead into inter– mission. Gulf Coast opened the sec– ond half with a 10-0 run to goup4641. The Bulldogs led by as many as 14 points after Ter– rell Jordan converted a three-point play with 12:34 left in regulation for a 65-51 lead. ECCC battled back to tie the game at 88-88 at the endof reg– ulation. Tawon Walker put the Warriors up 88-86 with a pair of free throws with 1:03 left, but Gulf Coast's Justin 1\trner tied the game with a basket with 47 seconds show– ing. In overtime, the Warriors went up 97-92 with 2:05 remaining on a layup by AI Willis and a three-point play from Walker. After two free throws from Turner pulled the Bulldogs to within 97-96 with 49 sec– onds left, Brown stuck his trey in the hole for a 99-97 lead with 8.6 seconds show– ing. Jamaal Martin's 3-point shot for the win at the horn dr ew iron before bouncing off. ECCC (10-14, 5-9) got 22 points apiece from Martin and Walker, 16 from Dewayne Hughes, 12 from Desmond Jone ,, and eight from Willis.

before halftime. A 3-pointer from Kimyatta Viverette, a three-point play from Rita Birden. and a bas– ket from Lenore Gray enabled ECCC to take a 40-35 lead into halftime. Kotreece Bender buried a trey with just under 12 min– utes left in the game to give the Lady Warriors a 10-point lead at 55-45. ECCC reeled off seven more points before the Lady Bulldogs scored again to grab a 17-point advantage with 8:47 to go. It was clear sailing after that as ECCC led by as many as 23 points. ''We knew coming into this game that it was going to be a fight," ECCC head coach Brad Hodge said. "We were fortunate to make those shots in critical situa– tions. There were a couple of big threes." The teams could meet again Wedn~sday in the state tournament semifi– nals. The Lady Warriors got 19 points from Viverette, 16 from Kristin Chaney, 11 from Birden, .10 from Gray, and nine from Bender. Gulf Coast (M) 99, ECCC 97 Courtenay Brown buried a 3-pointer from the right corner with 8.6 seconds left

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