In basketball, Taylor Hallman is known for hitting the 3-pointer. The three she put on the scoreboard Monday only counted as one, but it amounted for a lot more.

Tied in the final minute, Hallman dribbled through two defenders and ripped a left-footed shot far post, scoring the winning goal in a 3-2 East Davidson win over visiting Randleman at the Brown Middle School soccer field. The victory was East’s first of the year as they improve to 1-2.

“We just got lucky and got one in right before the final whistle,” said East coach Paul McIntyre. “She [Hallman] is one of my better players and has very good ball control. I wish I could get her to carry the ball more like that. That was with her left foot, too, so that makes it even more special.”

Randleman made EDHS work for the win, scoring the first goal of the game two minutes in. That quickly left the young Golden Eagles in a very early hole.

Though East controlled the game and kept the ball on its half of the field for much of the opening 40 minutes, they could not seem to tickle the twine in the back of the goal.

Haley Grimsley helped them to finally break through in the 21st minute, breaking away from the Tiger defense and firing a shot far post to tie the game at 1-1.

Randleman broke the tie with a goal just under two minutes left in the first half, grabbing a 2-1 lead.

Kori Shadrick got the equalizer for the Golden Eagles in the second half, taking advantage of congestion in front of the goal. Hallman sent a free ball into the middle and Grimsley attacked the Randleman goalie. A collision ensued, and the ball went out to the wing where Shadrick was waiting with her left foot to knock it in.

East had a chance a couple minutes later to take the lead, but excellent scrambling defense by the Tigers kept the scored tied at 2-2.

Then, with overtime looming, Hallman took matters into her own hands to score the game-winner.

“First half we controlled the game,” said McIntyre. “We just made a couple of mental errors of positioning. “We talked about it at half and we were able to keep it under control second half.”