Kelia Shelton who plays basketball for Northwestern is not the same Kelia Shelton off the court. When not striking fear into the hearts of opposing teams, she makes her way through the stands, smiling, talking, hugging and trading high-fives.

On the court, she plays with fierce intensity and gives everything she has to ensure that every play she's involved with is finished. That's what she did Friday night in the Lady Trojans' 64-59 come-from-behind win over Clover.

Shelton scored a career-high 42 points on a variety of shots. She hit jumpers, 3-pointers and made 14 shots from the foul line.

"I wanted the ball," she said. "I told my teammates to get me the ball any way they could and to set the screen. They did a good job passing the ball and setting the screen that gave me opportunities to make the shots."

As the game started, it took on the look of what would have been considered an upset by the Lady Eagles. Clover's Stephanie Dover scored 11 first-quarter points that led to a 19-10 lead. Shelton had 8 of Northwestern's 10 points.

Dover cooled off in the second quarter to an extent and scored only 7 points. Shelton continued her hot streak and tossed in 10 more. But as hard as she tried, she couldn't bring her team all the way back, and the Lady Trojans trailed 32-24 at the break.

"They made their shots in the first half and we didn't," coach John Bramlett said. "One thing this team is based on is defense. We haven't been committed to that the last two and a half games, we have to get back to it.

The Lady Trojans fared better in the third quarter. Shelton scored the final six points and cut Clover's lead to 49-43 heading into the final eight minutes. What Bramlett had been preaching to them finally kicked in. The defense began to shine and finally was keeping pace with the offense.

Shelton got plenty of scoring help in the fourth quarter, with Amber Stewart scoring 6 points and three other Lady Trojans pitching in. Until Clover's Aisha Wade drilled a 3-pointer late in the game, all the Lady Blue Eagles could muster was seven points from the foul line.

Dover, who scored 25 points, made three of those.

"We started losing our composure in the second half," Dover said. "We were in foul trouble and it seemed like on defense we might have been too conscious because we didn't want to pick up another foul."

Northwestern moved to 10-4 overall and 1-1 in Region 3-AAAA. Clover fell to 6-7 and 1-1 in the region.