1972-1977

ECJC, Scooba Brace For North Tournament

Starts Monday .) At Holmes JC I By BO KING F~ist Central and East [ississippi Junior Colleges enter ieir final moments of a long askctbail season next week 1ic.n the two travel to Holmes I unior College in Goodman to y>f.esent the Meridian area in ie North Division Junior Col- >e;e basketball tournament cginning Monday night I Xeither team has f a r e d well iis season, but as of late Ea s t [ississippi has become hot, win- i~:g six of its last nine games, t'~erwinning only one in its first 3 Close Defeats

East Central, on the other ~ n d . played fair ball throughout le vear but only inanaged five In. against 13 losses, but many F these defeats came by only a I P ~ P baslret or two. Itawanba plays Mississippi .-elfa in the opening game of the 111rney Monday at. 5:l.i. :Iloa.ed by the East Central vs. olines contest a t 7:15. East lississippi takes on h'orthesst t 9 o'clocli, while Northwest, ie highly regarded favorite in ourney, draws a bye. East Central and Holmes have attlec! three times this year ith Holmes winning all three. 'ut in the last match, tiolmes nd had to pull out a three-point I2y with two seconds showing 1 the clock to win, 80-87. "I think if we can stay on the ew:ds with them we'll have a ood chance of winning the i.me." Coach Joe Clark of East cntral said. "Right now we're : real good physical condition nd : think t'he boys are eoinlr p there ready to play."

ECJC WARRIORS - Seated: Pat Donald, John McFar- land, and Mike Horne. Kneeling: Danny Gressett and Wad- dell Wash. Standing: Kenneth Russell, Cecil Muse, Keith Everett, Steve Harber, and Dennis Walton. Not pictured: David Shurnake. -Staff Phntn --