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Qua r t e rback Ph i l l i p Braze11 kicked his first of three extra points. Baker had started the game off for East Central with a eight-yard jaunt, and finished with 93 for the night and the one TD. After Baker's score, the East Central defense took ove r , holding E a s t Mississippi 1-1 to only three first downs in the initial half and seven in the game. The closest the Lions ever came to a score was on t he i r very f i r s t possession. The Lions recovered an errant pitch from the East Central Wishbone on the Warrior 33 and marched to the seven, where the drive died on fourth down. After that one threat, the Lions never got closer than the East Central 34,

By BOB WAGNER Asst. Sports Editor

The Ea s t Cen t r a l defense choked off the passing as dl, ail*

Glen Pidcitrd only seven completions while piclung off three of his 18 attempts, Forty-five of Pickard's 6 0 y a r d s i t ~ ~ c a m e o a t a slngle reception, a drike to IXkkie Sysm on the ? the rniddk. Hits- third play of the seed kiek gave

reward. The Warriors, now 2-0, got all the points they needed to win their first home game of the 1975 season early in the second quarter. After both teams had a couple chances at it but couldn't r ea l l y put anything together, the Warriors took over the ba l l on a 30-ya rd unreturned Rodney Jones punt. Taking the thing at their own 35, the Warriors drove to Allen Baker's two-yard touchdown plunge in 12 plays.

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