1954-1972

Warriorettes burn Jones 97-90 . t P By SKIPPY LATHEM had a 61-29 lead. During the with 19; Faye Quinn with 13 Saturday night as East Sports Editor second half Coach Wood points and 11 rebounds; and central played host to the After completing their cleared the bench and saw Tina Tumbling with 12 Lady Bobcats of ones - regular seasonwith 12 wins * her Warriorettes reach 100 points. This game set a Junior College. and 2 losses .in the south ,with about 7 minutes to record for the most points The basketball game (if Division, the East Central play. Utia, having brought scored in a single game by you can it a basketball warriOrettes earned the ody seven players; ' fbund East Central. game) was the roughest, right to claim place themselves playing with EAST HINDS most unorthodox contest in the South. Yet, all had to be only 3 playem for the 5 the W r y of basketball. On Thmaday night The ball was not dribbled proved in the South Half minutes and 36 Semnds* the test of the South-Hinds dosm the was Tournament--and the East central sored O ~ Y 19 (who had beaten East Id.ed, hit, or whae Warriorettes proved tq be p o w to Utia's 10 due to central in their two regular the best in the South. - the fh the Warriofettes seasongames). Eaat Central ever-'*anything Th re was one . iDeident w nt. " Playing at home on Tues- didn't w*h to run UP the day night, the Warriorettes m* anPo*. -- came Out "fired up" and where at least sevenplqem ready to take revenge past uti- 1 1 ~ . Esther Thomas led East sgainat Hin&. The war- were on the floor at one time East Central domidtaed the CkntraI with 25 ~oinb; rio.rettes had to rely heaviIy . tryingtogettheball. game hm the opening followedby Reathia Comana on defen~e in order L L --: EvwU >-+ "- %d-- tipoff. ~t half time, E.C. * 22; Debbie- McBeath Hind#. and it W~ - - - deferme t~*, a;:,-"J the game. The first half was a c battle with East mental8 were lacking as far as the referees were con- cerned, the ability to score by both teams was not lacking as East Central defeated Jones 97-90, to gain the South Division Championship for 2 years in arow. Joyce Watkins led East Central ip scoring with 29 points; followed by Esther Thomas with 24; Debbie McBeath . with 21; and ReathiaComanswith 12.' J o p Watkins a h led rebounding with 16, Wowed by Reathia Comaaa k r i . I:. -TWNAMPW SUMMARY - .

During the tournament East Central averaged 99.3 points per game to 78.3 for their opponents; ' rebounds E.C.. 53. nymnents 44.7; iA00thg-heid guda 2.:. + -n L 5 Z , 0 2 . i . 2 percent; and free, throws- E.C. hit 72 percent,oppon- enta 67 percent. , In the three games the top sir Scorers were Esther Thomas with a 23.7 average; Joyce Wa w a , 28.7 point average, Debbie McBeath, 18. point average; Reathia Comans, 15.7 Wint average; Faye Quinn, point average; and Mona Tucker with a 6 point average.. In rebounding Joyce Watkins averaged 12.4 per game followed by Reatbia Comanswith 10.7 per game;

Central gaining a 7 point lead once-but that did not last. Hinds fought back and - took a 46-46 lead at the half. The s w n d half was no less ezr7+!+;nn: Efiw the firat half. The 'uir&orettee . managed to gain the leaa L the closing minutes and go on to win 82-78. Leading the scoring was Ester Thomas with 22 points; followed by Joyce Watkins with 18; Debbie McBeath with 14; and Reathia Comans with 10. Reathia Comans and Joycs Watkins led the rebounding -

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