1954-1972

Lady Warriors win Region 23

Tournament Team.

The chamrjionshlp troph!. inlured sophomore Sasha Lillv of Columhiana, Ala., \ \ . h i has been out of the lineup since the second game of the sea- son v:lth total reconstructlcln of her left knee. Lady Warrior head coach Sammy Pace and team members designated Lill~. to receiv.'ethe honor. Rhonda Cooper . led No~hwes t , 18-13, with 25 points. Crystal Boyland had 31. Kansas bound: EC will take a 22-5 record to the NJCAAWomen's Charnpion- ship whch opens March 20 at Salina, Kan. Thirteen of the 16 berths had been decided as of Monday. Joining EC are Central Arizona (29-21, Eastern Oklahoma State (24- 8), Midiand (Texas) College (32-I), Southwest Tennessee (21 -7), Tallahassee (Fla.) (25- 7), Western Nebraska (24-7), Louisburg (N.C.) College (28- 4), Iowa Western (24-6),Tyler (Texas) (26-6), Utah Valley State (24-9), M'allace State- Hanceville (Ala.) (22-9), and JolmA. Logan (111.) (28-5). College officials estimate the trip to Kansas will cost in excess of $12000. Fundraising efforts are under way to help send the Lady U'amors to the prestigious event. Contributions to help send the Lady \Varnors to the national tournament ma!. be sent to The Warrior Club, East Central Communr!y College, P.O. Box 129, Decatur, MISS.39337. was accepted

an airball as time ran out in the March 7 semifinal. EC trailed 35-33 a t half- time of what basically \%.as the title game. Cox, who led EC with 1-3 points, snapped a 69-69 tie with a 3-pointer with 1:lO to play. The win avenged 81-58 and 97-67 losses to Co-Lin during the regular season. Porter added 20 points, Alberta Norman scored 10, Nikki Lacour had eight, Anna Udicova scorrd seven, and Sophia Reed had six for EC, 21-5. Mindy ~avavd i s led Co- Lin, 24-2, with 23 points. Christy Brown tossed in 20. The Lady Wolves were ranked seventh nationally. EC women 91, North- west 71: The Lady Wamors placed five players in double figures in Thursday's cham- pionship win over the MACJC state runner-up. ; EC led 45-33 at halftime and was never threatened in the second half. Anna Udicova scored 19 points to lead EC, 22-5. Also scoring were Nikki L$cour with 18, Margo Porter with 17, 'Sophia Reed with' 15, Nicole Cox with 13, Alberta Norman with flve and Lon Cumberland and La'Shonda Ford with two each. Porter and Cox were also named to the All-Reelon 23 * ' 3

The East Central Comm- , unity College Lady M'arriors won their first Regon 13 bas- ketball champi- b y onshp since 1991 Mart?! last week 0~ beat- S t ampe r ing MACJC state champion Jones, nationally- rarked Copiah-Lincoln, and MACJC state runner-up Northwest Mississippi at Mississippi College in Clinton The 22-5 Lady Wamors will leave Saturday for the NJCAA Women's National Championship at Salina, Kan. The 16-team tourna- ment begins Tuesday. EC women 93, Jones 78: Margo Porter scored 22 points to lead the Lady Warriors to the quarterfinal win over the state champion Lady Bobcats on March 6 . EC held a 41-33 halftime advantage. Alberta Norman added 18 points, Anna Udicova tossed in 14, Nicole Cox and Nikki Lacour both scored 12, and Sophia Reed added nine as EC improved to 20-5. Tammika Sims led Jones, 23-8, with 31 points. EC women 74, Co-Lin 71: Nicole Cox knocked down two free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining to give the Lady Warriors a three- point lead and Mkgo Porter forced Co-Lin's Rusti Smith to use nearly all of the remaining time before firing