GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Corvonn Gaines drained a 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining in overtime as East Carolina topped Conference USA-foe Central Florida 88-85 Saturday night.
East Carolina (10-5, 1-1) trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half but crawled back and forced a 74-74 tie. Maurice Kemp hit two free throws to put the Pirates up 76-74, but Keith Clanton hit a jumper with 17 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
East Carolina's Robert Sampson scored first in overtime with a dunk, then the teams exchanged the lead four times.
Clanton's layup tied it 85-85 with 14 seconds left, but then Gaines drained his game-winning 3-pointer. It was Gaines' only shot attempt.
Kemp, Ty Armstrong, Shamarr Bowden and Miguel Paul tied for the Pirates' team lead with 16 points each.
Keith Clanton paced UCF (11-5, 1-1) with 36 points, and Tristan Spurlock had 23 with 11 rebounds.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| UCF (11-5) | 36 | 40 | 9 | 85 |
| East Carolina (10-5) « | 27 | 49 | 12 | 88 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Spurlock, F | 38 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| K. Clanton, F | 37 | 15-19 | 5-7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| I. Sykes, F | 19 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| C. Newell, G | 41 | 3-12 | 2-5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Walker, G | 37 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Wilson | 23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Williams | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Karell | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Days | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Blair | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37-70 | 7-12 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 85 | |
| 52.9% | 58.3% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Sampson, F | 33 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Kemp, F | 29 | 5-14 | 6-6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| T. Armstrong, F | 23 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Paul, G | 38 | 6-12 | 2-2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| S. Bowden, G | 31 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Gaines | 26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Roberts-Campbell | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Guilmette | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Richmond | 8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Zangari | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-76 | 10-13 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 88 | |
| 44.7% | 76.9% | ||||||
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