1954-1972

East Central Captures NJCAAConsolationTitle By JOE BUIE Staffwriter C o ~ k t i o n Fin& (7th place) Elut Central71, Independen- 62

EAST CEVTRAL - Rena Reed, 17;Eve- lyn Nelmn, 10; Memory Hunter, 10; Carla Leflore, 18;Jamala Odom, 1;Monica Davis, 13;Dane Vmce, 2;Totals, 71. INDEPFNDENCE - Alfreda Jefferson, 12; Eliza Sokolowska, 17; Taaha Careon, 4; LeeAnne Xonniger, 4; Kim Purkeypile, 8; Julia Terqjuk, 11; Julia Cherneeva 6: To- . , tala, 62. THRE3-POINT FIELD GOALS - EC: Leflore (9; I: Jefferson. HAUTIME SCORE - East Central 34, Indepedenca30. REORDS - East Central, 28-7; In& pendem, 30-6. EB'IAIT. - 450.

The two teams playing the conso- lation game Saturday at Wagstaff Gymnasium had to fi ht the bumps, a bruises and fatigue t at come after five daysof high-stakesbasketball. Independence Wan.) Community College, appearing more fati rd from the start, played from be nd for virtually the entire contest in a 71-62 loss t c ~ East Central (Miss.) Community College in the consola- tion finals of' the NJCAA Women's Basketball T~~urnament. The East Central Lady Warriors (28-7) finished seventh in the nation via the victory over the Lad Pirates Z (30-6). Independence, whic placed fburth in last year's tournament, h%d to settle for eighth this time. ~ndependeGie,which trailed by as many as eight points in the first half and by four at, intermission, took its I only leadwith 11:52 remaining. I Lady Pirates' scoring leader Eliza Sokolowska, a 5-9 so homore guard fromWarsaw, ~olancfwas fouled on a layup after making a steal. Shehit 1 the foul shot fcr the three-point play to give Indepcmdence a short-lived 44-43 advanfaage. East Central countered on the en- suing ~s ses s i on . Evelyn Nelson passed Inside t o 6-2 freshman Moni- ca Davis who put the Lady Warriors I ahead to stay at 45-44 with 11:30 remaining. Davis s arked East Central off the bench wit\ all 13 points of her points in the second half, including three 1 consecutive jumpers that give the LadyWarriors a two-pointedge each I I tim;he key WWRJ Whenmy big fresh- man came off the bench and started I scoring." East Central coach Sammy I Pace &id. And what about fatime? - L "We were worried-about the fa- tigue factor,"Puce said. 'We had two players play 40 minutes yesterday (an 85-84 victo over Truett- McConnell (Gel.'). "#e had some iniu- ries. But I think.we might have bgen a little mowreirdy." "Mental focus and physical abuse were two things that hurt us the most," Indewndence coach Jeff I Tadtman said.

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