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the winners while Elaine Patterson led tl 15loserswith 16points. Co-Lin will host Utica Thursday night the 11-12Lady Bulldogs advancedwith a 79- 67victory over Gulf Coast. Mamie Evans scored 22 points, Rose Ellis added 19 and CynthiaCarprnter hit 16to lead Utica to its win. Gulf Coast led 39-36 at half- t h e , but Utica scored the f i t 6pointsof the second half and never trailed. Pearl River eliminated defending South championJoneswith a lopsided86-57 victory at Poplarville. The Lady Wildcats will host 12-10 East Central Thursday night as East Central won 66-50over Hinds. Stephanie Townsend scored 15 points and East Central led by as many as 28 points in blitzingHinds.The9-14LadyEagleswere led by BeckyBelt's 13points. MEN - Semifinals in the North and South Division are scheduledtonight as the men re turn to action with four games scheduled. In the North, topseeded Northwest will to extend its winning streak to 12 agains I Itawamba, the club it began its curren streak with on Jan. 11. In those 11 wins Northwest has won seven of them by 4 point or less with themost recent escape coming i~ Monday's fit-round game at Senatobia, i 61-59 decisionover East Mississippi. That winner will meet the winner of the rubber match between 23-5 Holmes and 22-4 Northeast at Booneville. In the South, defending state champiol Gulf Coast puts its 23-5 record on the lh home against 13-13Copiah-Lincoln. Theother game pits 18-7Pearl River at 24- 1 4Utica. Both teams won on the other's court. I I

ThedefendingchampionNorthwest Junior College women trounced Meridian 102-66 in the first round of the Mississippi junior col- lege playoffs a t Senatobia. Mary Douglas scored 26 points and Deb- orah Benson added 18to lead five Northwest players in doublefigures.AndreaWashington pulled down 19reboundsand scored 14points for Northwest, now 22-1. Meridian,3-22, was led by RhondaWashington with 25points and Lane Garrett with 14points and 14rebounds. Northwest will play Itawamba, a 68-62 winner over Northeast, in a semifinal game at SenatobiaThursday night. Marilyn Verner scored 12 of her 16 points in the secondhalf as Itawamba overcamea 5- point deficitto top Northeast a t Booneville. Mississippi Delta held Linda Faye McKin- ney, the state's leadingscorer,to 12pointsbut Lela McDonald took up the slack by scoring 18of her season-high 24 points in the second half as Holmeserased a 7-pointhalftime defi- cit to post a 75-67 win at Goodman. Maggie Barrow added 18points for the 22- 4winners who will host 17-5East Mississippi, an 83-75 winner over Coahoma, at Goodman Thursday night in the semifinals. Tina Gor- don led the 6-17 loserswith 21points. Rose Dooley scored 26 points and Felicia Ashford added 20 to lead East to its win. Sun- day Jonson scored 19for Coahoma. In thecSouth Division, topseeded Copiah- Lincoln ran its record to 21-4with a 70-63 win aver Southwest at Wesson. Gail Burrell and Theresa Simpson combined for 38 points for