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Scott led tbe. Lady Lions with 30 points. Commenting about the game, East Central's Coach Lucille Wood said, "We're just glad to win the first game after the break. It will cer– tainly give us a boost." The Warriors defeated the Lions 72-69. East Central's only lead in the first half came when Donald Clayton made 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 within three. High scorer for the Warriors was Joe Kennamer 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 big shots. On January 6 the East Central teams again played on their home court hosting Southwest. Both teams came out on top. The Warrtorettes decisively defeated Southwest girls 82-64. Mattie Burnside was high scorer with 20

SCOTT COUNTY TIMES Wednesday, J~ary 19, 1983 East Central Wins Two Close Con·tests

East Central Junior College basketball teams were back in action after the hol1days with a home game on January 4 on the War– rior campus when they hosted East Mississippi. Both teams pulled out a win In two close games. The Warrlorettes defeated the Lady Lions 101-99. The Lady Lions' Sharon Scott hit a pair of free throws with 44 seconds left in regula– tion time to tie the score at 79-79. Both teams swapped points in the first overtime to tie the score again. In the second over– time, East Central built a five point lead at one time but EMJC fought back to within two. Mattie Burnside was high scorer for the War– riorettes with 35 while Pam Colema n had 24 and Stephanie Town– send had 10.

points foliowed by Paula Rogers with 10 and Pam Coleman with 10. Jo Beth Roberts led South· west with 17. On January 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 Warri– orettes are 8-8 for the season. After defeating South– west and losing to Holmes, the Warriors are 9-5 for the season.

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