It was a span of roughly 11 seconds as overtime was winding down that proved to be the difference in Saturday's District 11 4A boys basketball tilt between No. 7 Emmaus and No. 2 Liberty.

After the Hornets rallied from a four-point deficit with under a minute to play in regulation to send it into overtime, the Hurricanes trailed 49-47 in the extra session with under a minute to play.

The Hurricanes were in need of a big bucket with the clock ticking down.

And it was a pair of their leaders who provided back-to-back plays that proved to be decision maker.

Deshawn Oyeniyi first nailed a three-pointer from straight on with 17 seconds to play that put Liberty ahead 50-49.

K.J. Williams then followed that up with a steal and one-handed jam that gave the Hurricanes a three-point lead with six seconds to play, and ultimately advancing them onto the semifinals with a 52-49 victory at William Allen High School's Sewards Gym.

"My thought, of course first of all, was not to miss," said Oyeniyi. "I just had a good feeling it was going to go in because I was wide open."

"The whole game I was kind of off," said Williams. "I hit an early three, [but] after that the whole game I couldn't even make any shots. I had a couple turnovers. I had to reset my mind and came out and did my job."

Oyeniyi who had a team-high 17 points secured a rebound and put back with under two minutes to play in the fourth to put the Hurricanes up by three. Williams then hit one of two free throws with 57 seconds remaining that made it 44-40 Liberty.

"I felt comfortable when I was just playing my game," said Oyeniyi. "I kept my head straight and I just didn't get frustrated."

But the Hornets got a three-pointer from Derek Tannous, who had 18 points on the night, to cut the deficit to one with 34 seconds to play.

After one out of two free throws from Chevon Williams put Liberty up 45-43, Gabe Shankweiler's put back with 10.8 left in the fourth ultimately sent the game into overtime.

"We just fought through it at the end," said Oyeniyi. "We just kept ourselves together and everything. And we just played our hardest."

The Hornets actually led 13-8 after the first quarter, and pushed that margin to as much as 12 late in the second quarter.

But a 7-2 run to close out the first half seemed to spark the Hurricanes going into halftime. That transitioned over into the third quarter when the Hurricanes outscored the Hornets 14-5 and used a 10-0 run to close out the third. Oyeniyi was big in that spurt, scoring six of those third quarter points.

"Our coach told us to start pressuring the ball screen on Tannous because he was hitting every single three," said Williams. "So we came out here, we had to keep playing defense and we kept playing strong and kept our heads up."

C. Williams had 10 , while K.J. Williams and Nick Vigilanti had eight.

The Hurricanes will face Parkland on Wednesday night, setting up a rematch of the LVC title game from Jan. 15. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Easton Middle School.