1977-1982

East central, N'wesi a . win division crowxi. c.c:al to the Clarton-Ledger For East Central to beat Hinds, Coach Lucille Wooc figured her team would have to fin& a way to s t o ~ Kathy Holston. It took more than a half to do it Saturday night Decatur but East Central succeeded in slowing Hols a s it posted a come-from-behind 83-81 win over Hindz to capture the South Division Junior College Basketball Tournament title and earn the right to host the overall state event this Wednesday and Thursday. Hinds will open the overall tournament by meetlrl~ North Division winner Northwest which upset the na. tion's No. %-ranked team, Coahoma, 80-71 for the title a t Senatobia. Northwest will bring a 16-4 mark to De. ratur while Coahoma is 22-4. The 16-5 losers, who had won the regular season divi- sion title and beaten East Central twice, raced to a 49. 38 halftime lead with Holston accounting for 17 points But Holston got only eight points in the final half a s thc 17-7 winners battled back to finally catch up with se minutes left. . Guard Bobbie Collier then secured the win a s broke the Hinds press for a couple of layups in the fina two minutes. Collier finished with 20 points while Es. ther Thomas had 23 and Charlene Jones 18. Backing Holston for Hinds was Barbara Gaylor witk m d Becky Lee with 20. -