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January 18, 2007 – East Brunswick 36, Old Bridge 34
East Brunswick won an overtime victory against Old Bridge in a Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division match.
The Bears quickly fell behind 9-1 before they settled in to their grove. At the half, East Brunswick was down by six with the score 19-13.
After the half time honoring of the Greater Middlesex Conference championship teams – Girls Soccer and Girls Volleyball, East Brunswick came out
ready to play in the second half. Breanne DeFalco fired in a three pointer to cut the gap in half. For the rest of the game, it was close.
East Brunswick finally took the lead at the end of the third period, but as the clock wound down in the fourth period, East Brunswick was down
by 3. With sixteen seconds left, East Brunswick inbounded the ball and Breanne DeFalco attempted a three point shot. She missed, but the Bears
got the rebound. After a missed layup attempt, the got the ball back to Breanne who tried again. She missed again, but her team got the rebound
and gave her another chance – she fired with one second left on the clock and swished it to send the game into overtime. In overtime, East Brunswick
again fell behind, but struggle back and went up by 2 with six second left. Old Bridge had another shot or two, but they were unable to convert.
East Brunswick is now 4-8 for the season.
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