1977-1982

defeat East Mississippi

namer with 20 points. Robert Gilliland scored 16 while Eddie Griffin and Leon Jack- son each made 10. Larry Anderson was high scorer for EMJC with 22 points. Coach Rives said his team was pretty bad out of shape but made some bid shots. On. Jan. 6 the East Central teams again played on their home court hosting South- west. Both teams came out on top. The Warriorettes decisively defeated South- west girls 82-64. Mattie Burnside was high scorer with 20 points followed by Paula Rogers with 10 and Pam Coleman with 10. J o Beth Roberts led Southwest with 17. On Jan. 8, when the team traveled to Holmes, they were defeated 87-60. In this game, Mattie Burnside made 23 big points followed by Dorothy Jackson with 10. After the first week of play for the second semester, the Warriorettes are 8-8 for the season. After defeating Southwest and losing to Holmes, the Warriors are 9-5 for the season. The three games played on their home court should give both teams a boost for the rest of the tough January schedule. Other home games will be with Hinds on Jan. 20 and with Co-Lin on Jan. 31. The women's games are played at 6:30 with the rnsn's games to follow. --o-- 1

By JUNE VAUGHN East Central Junior Col- lege basketball teams were back in action after the holidays with a home game 9n the Warrior campus Jan- uary 4th when they hosted East Mississippi. Both teams pulled out a win in two close games. 'The Warriorettes de- feated the Lady Lions 101-99. The Lady Lions' Sharon Scott hit a pair of free throws with 44 seconds left in regulation time to tie the score at 79-79. Both teams swapped points in the first overtime to tie the score again. In the second overtime, East Central built a five point lead at one time but EMJC fought back to within two. Msttie Burnside was high scorer for the Warriorettes with 35 while Pam Coleman had 24 and Stephanie 'Townsend had 10. Scott led the Lady Lions with 30 points. Commenting about the game. Easr Cen- tral's Coach Lucille Wood said, "We're just glad ti! win the first game after the break. It wili certainly give us a boost." The Warriors defeated the Lions 72-69. East Central's only lead in the first half c. me when Donald Clayton inade a basket with 44 seconds left in the half. 'Twice during the second half of play, East Central scored six points straight but the Lions came back to pull v