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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 21, 1993                   TAG: 9301210147
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C7   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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GILES OUTLASTS DEMONS

With five seconds left in the second overtime, Mitch Reed drove the baseline for a basket that gave Giles a 56-55 victory over Christiansburg in non-district boys' basketball on Wednesday night.

Each team had a chance late in regulation. Giles (3-7) turned over the ball on a traveling call with three seconds left, and Christiansburg's long 3-point heave missed.

In the first overtime, each team scored seven points. Giles led 51-49 as time wound down and Christiansburg (1-11) lofted an airball from 3-point land. The Demons' Rodney Perdue rebounded the ball in the air and put in a two-point basket at the buzzer the tied the score again, 51-51.

Christiansburg led 55-54 in the second overtime when Reed drove for his winning basket. Christiansburg inbounded the ball, and Robby Gillenwater's desperation 3-pointer missed.

Rusty Newby led the Spartans with 15 points, Patrick Steele had 13 and Reed added eight.

For Christiansburg, John Hairston had 15 points and Tony Bishop added 11.

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