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fell in. She finished the night with a season-high 24 points. In looking back to her last two years at Neshoba Central, Kim said, "I enjoyed playing with my teammates and under Coach Gordon. I don't think we · ever felt a lot of pressure. We just enjoyed ourselves." The comradeship of that team continues to keep them together. Sandra Edwards, Elaine Fulton and Kim Lee will join Kim at East Central Junior College this season under Coach Lucille Wood. "I decided toward the end of the season where I wanted to go," Kim said. "I wanted to stay close to home and I wanted to go somewhere where I could continue to play ball." Continuing her education was never in doubt. Kim was named scholar athle.te last year, finishing with a 97.97 average. Her best and favorite subject is math. "I owe a lot to my family," Kim said as she propped her white -Converse tennis shoes with blue trim on the coffee table. "As far as I know they haven't ever missed one of my games," Kim said of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, and her sister Michele who will be in the eighth grade · next year. Talents are not restricted to basketball for the House resident. "I like to play softball, swim and sing," she said. Kim plays softball with the Pine Grove-Enon church team and with the Peoples Bank of Union team. Her singing abilities have not gone unnoticed. She was selected Neshoba County's Farm Bureau queen for 1979. "I also like to dance, but I don't ever have time to because we have so many games. · "I'm looking forward to meeting new people at East Central," Kim said. "I also want to play softball for their

By LEE DUKF.S "I love my dogs and cats," said Kim Murphy as she softly squeezed her gray-striped kit– ten, Rat. "Rat is my favorite," Kim explained about her tiny kitten. "I know Rat is a terrible name, but he looked like a rat when he was first born." Kim tagged Loulou as her favorite of two dogs and eight puppies. Lately Kim has not been see– ing as much of her treasured pets as she would like. The versatile 5-foot-5-inch basketball star has been prac– ticing for the Mississippi High School All-Star Basketball game. The green-eyed, Southern– drawl talking forward earned a spot on the North squad for her play last season with the Neshoba Central Rockettes. Under Coach Billy Gordon, the Neshoba gals advanced to the State Tournament before finishing with a 34-2 mark. "I'm looking forward to meeting new people, but I'm most excited about the basket– ball part of the All-Star game," Kim said. "I clon't like to stay away from home. I never have liked to." "I first started getting in– terested in basketball when I was in the tenth grade," remembered Kim. As a sophomore Kim didn't see a lot of action , but did manage to finish the season with a 5.0 scoring average. Kim upped her scoring average to 14.0 as a junior and 14.7 as a senior. Even more impressive is the team's ptogress and diversity • • I' m scorm~. The Rockettes became known as a multiple threat team. Gordon had his team hitting from the outside, inside, on fast breaks and in slow deliberate setups. One of Kim's best games as a senior was against Tupelo when practically everything she shot

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