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A three-polnt Play bY bcdc7s Dereck Schreck put the game away for theWarriors, however, when he rebotmded and scored on a missed free throw by Joe Kennamer. That made it 82-78 and the Lions couldn't overcome a late stall by East Central. ''I'm not making any ex- cuses," Cunningham sa i d- "They ( Ee l just out hustled us and we came u short." R Warrior coac Herman Robin- son gave credit to his outside "They were giving us the out- side shot and we have good out- side shooters. When someone gives us an open shot, we feelwe have the people that can hit it." Shirley fired in 33 points and Kennamer added another 29. Schrect had 14 and Lewis 12 for shooters. For East Central,

on the scoreboard. Two baskets by Paula. Courvelle severa minutes later put EMJC up 26-1: and the Lianettes never lookec Trailing 44-27 after the half East Central continued to bt plagued by costly fouls an( un s g r e s s i ve boa rd p l ay Baske $ s by Angela Scot anc Rose Dooley put the Lionettes or top 64-39 and EMJC enjoyed ib big est margin of the night a' w i g 11 : 58 remaining when Scot. bagged a 15-footer from tht Cunningham dropped hi! team into &-halfcourt zone mid way through the half and held or for the 19-point victory. "We couldn't let EC do wha the wanted to do," Cunn ing r~ am said. "We forced then to play a t oqr tempo and madc them do the things we wen Dooley led Scooba with 2: points. Scott and Feleci; Ashford each. had 14 points Debra Johnson added 12 anc Debra Burrage 10more. J o Ann Earnest wed in 12 r risits Jones Tuesday. - 11. East Mississippi travels tc Pearl River next Monday anc track. right side. ready for."

East Central jumped on top 14-10 with 14:37 left in the first half when sharpshooter Mike Shirley connected on two bombs from the outside, The Warriors continued to have the hot hand a s SteveLewis hit a pair of shots and Shirley two more to put EC- JC ahead by 12. The visitors built their biggest lead of the night six minutes before intermission when Lewis bagged a 10-footer to make it -- a " 3Z-16. But thanks to the inside play of 6-7 Cha r l i e Eak i n s , E a s t Mississippi cut the margin to 47-35 a t the half. Employing a 1-2-2 full court zone defense, EMJC began its first comeback of the second half with a slam dunk by Eakins. Trailing 57-48, Dwayne Murray took a feed pass from Chris Williams for a layup and baskets hy Randy Cole, Williams and Larry Anderson made it 59-56. Another basket by Eakins made it 59-58 and East Central called timeout. The Warriors regrouped and pulled out to an eight-point lead on the perimeter shooting of Shirley. But minutes later, Scooba got @o layups from Murray. Coiq knotted the YqOPe a t 78 with sr layug folliiw+qga

By JOE CULPEPPEK Star Sports Writer

SCOOBA - Despite two se- cond half rallies, the East Mississippi Junior College Lions couldn't overcome visiting East Central here Thursday night. The Warriors escaped with an 88-84 North Division decision, dropping the EMJC record to 0-2. East Central, a previous loser toMeridian, evened its recordwt 1-1. East Mississi pi never led in the game, f a l h g behind 6-2 before battling back to a 10-10tie six minutes into the game. The Lions did manage to tie things a t 78-78with 3:41 left in the game, but never could move ahead of the more aggressive Warriors. Lion coach Don Cunningham, obviously unhapp with the out- come, was a t a oss for words after the game. r "I sure would have liked to have won this ame before going E on the road," unniqgham sigh- ed. "We hit the road all next week for three games and it's going to be tough. . "We knew wk had to press there in the second half to get back into the game. But offen- sively, we didn't percentage shots. We orce too many up."

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