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Central 5-11 center Diana women's basketball team will Lyons, an All-Stater last year 1 go after its second straight, when the Warriorettes defeated Mississippi Junior College/ Itawamba for the state Association overall basketball1 championship. championship tonight after ' But Wood ordered an outside defeating rival East Mississippi- attack ' and that seemed to 64-56 here Wednesday night. throw the Lionettes off. ECJC will meet host Gulf. "They seemed like they were Coast Junior College at 7:30. waiting on Lyons all night and tonight for the overall crown. ' Jeannette Barnes had the ball Gulf Coast routed Coahoma most of the time," Wood said. 105-67 behind Connie Winstead's Barnes threw in 23 points for 42 points to gain the berth ECJC honors while Lyons had opposite East Central. 18. Brown scored 24 points, but East Central came into the the next closest Lionette was tournament as the defending Annie Dale with 12. champion, but a s No. 2 team in The game was close the South Division, while the throughout, as the two fought to Lionettes of EMJC were the No. a 26-26 tie at the half. 1 team in the North. But with seven minutes left, But the Warriorettes used a Tammie Tadlock, from Morton, collapsing defense on EMJC's scored on a layup to push ECJC main gun, 6-2 center Jessie ahead 48-46 and the Brown, and overall balance to' Warriorettes never trailed top the Lionettes. again. "Brown didn't get the ball ECJC now must- face the t h a t much," ECJC coach team that defeated it just last Lucille Wood said. "We Saturday in this same gym for contained here pretty well. She' its second straight title. scored when she got the ball Gulf Coast downed the inside, but she didn't get it that Warriorettes 65-50 in that game n f t ~ n " as Gulf Coast jumped ahead 37-13 at the half. . . Junior College's ECJC's

"We're going to change some things for tonight's game," Wood said. "We're just going to give it all we have. They have a real fine team. I ..We can't shoot like we did against Gulf Coast last week m and expect to win," Wobdv " EUC IUI Ig It tp EhUC Ig It IYI Lp Tadlock 4 0 8 Dale 6 012 L Y ~ 8 2 18 Deeson 2 0 4 2 0 4 Green 2 2 6 ' 2 5 9 Slrnmond Ward 3 0 6 Barnes 11 1 2 1 Brown 9 62; WII 1 0 2 Bennett 0 0 0 Cumberland 0 0 0 White 2 . 0 4 Totals 28 8 64 Totals 24 8 M SCORE BY QUARTERS .............................. ECJC ....... .'>. 2 6 JbM EhlJC ............ .:.. ............ .... .26 3L53