1954-1972

13-8, ahead 86-84 with less than \ two minutes remaining in over- I time and the stage for Rolison 's 1 deciding basket. Poole then added his ether field goal with O: 31 remaining to assure tihe l 90-86 Meridian viclory . despite d last-second bucket · by East Centra l"s Kenneth Russell. Auspicious Beginning The Warriors. who saw th~ir 1·ecord drop to 4-15 with the• loss. oµenfi;cl the gam e a uspici-i ously enough by jumping to a auick 8-2 lead in th e ear ly I r;1 oments before Leggett ac- 1 counted f o r Meridian ·s . first field goa l. East Central deter– minedly maintained this ad- 1 va ntage throughout the first half and carried a 29-25 halftime cushion into the dressing room at halftime. But the Eagles started the sec.and half on a differen t no.te l as Leggett and guard Larry Watkins sparked a Meridian\ uprising that saw the hosts go j a he_ad for the first time , 40-39. \\·ith 14: 31 left in that half. J ~1el'icli a n seemed to Lake con- 1 : Lrol (If t•hf' baltl>' at thi ::, inin t! I but l

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AN EAGLE RALLY in the second half gets a lift as MJC guard Larry Watkins deposits a lefthanded layup much to the disappointment of East Central's David Shumake (13). -Photo by John Henry

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Scoring Honors ' Of course, Leggett copped \ .- coring honors far the contest ·

with 14 field g~".ls in 28 shots while John McFarland's 19 and plus five free throws for a total David Shumake's 13 rounded of 33 points. But h; had ample i?ut the Warriors· double figure support from teammates Steve ,1st. McWilliams. Poole and Watkins. ' Meridi a n will now began pre– w:10 c 11;tributcd 19. 13 'l.nd 13 p;; rations for back -to-ba;:-k road points : espectively . to the Meri-' trip.~ '.o Hinds and Co-Lin, the r.ia n tficw1 '.iJcWilli "; C<>nt n il. D~· 1111i0 W;il- r"·11-trc·l sPls its ~ ight ~ for their LG n Wi& high poin '. \JP '" wi1 1 1 '!l .., 1ne ThurEdi: y a t Dell;:1_ JC.

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