
Chelsey Shumpert said she and her Chattanooga teammates never panicked even as their 24-point second half lead began to disappear. ''We stayed calm,'' Shumpert said. ''If you get a little nervous you start doing things you aren't supposed to.'' The sophomore guard scored a career-high 26 points, and 17th-ranked Chattanooga survived a furious second half comeback by East Tennessee State for a 61-56 overtime victory Sunday and its third straight Southern Conference championship. It was the Mocs' 25th straight win.
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