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led 39-21 at halftime, holdinj MJC scoreless for six minutes The Lady Warriors ripped off 1, straight points during tha stretch. It was never close in thc second half as East Centra cleared its bench. Debbie McBeath led Eas Central with 23 points, whil MJC had 24 points from Lis< Morton and 8 from I,yn Bruncr "We got beat on the boards and had too many turnovers.' said M J 8 coach Barbari Satcher. "But I'm sure we'l

the first half, and led 30-25 at halftime. A 14-6 scoring spree to open the second half put the Eagles on their way toward an easy win. The lead got as high as 25 point (70-45) late in the game before Redgate cleared his bench. Meridian shot 20 of 30 in the second half. plus connected on 23 of 16 free throws. Eddie Wright had 21 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Eagles. Carl Stewa ' dded 13. PI\" V ~ p t P P ~ ~ I - 2 I I ~ P V hi

"I really think we had the first-game jitters last Saturday (in a loss to Patrick Henry (Ala.) JC ) Plus, we slowed Our offense down a lot against East Central. "Throwing the ball away in basketball is just like fumbling in football ... you can't stand much of it. We walked the ball up and ran our plays tonight. We made too many turnovers against Patrick Henry while trying to run. I think yo1 put our

Special To The Star DECATUR - Meridian Junior College's men held East Central scoreless for seven minutes during- .the first half here Monday night to spark an 81-66 victory over the Warriors. The East Central ladies grabbed an easy 81-50 win in the opener. MJC7smen went to 1-1, while the Lady Eagles and both East Central teams were playing their season openers. "I thought we played hard," said MJC men's coach Jim Redgate. "I was really proud of our bench. Everyone did a good