1982-1983

Januar) 19, 1983. The ewton Record- SA --- ~·-iiL ECJC ·Teams Back In Action

a boost for the rest of the tough January schedule. Other home games will be with Hinds on J an. 20 and with Co-Lin on J an. 31. The women's games are played at 6:30 with the men's games to follow.

East Central Junior College basketball teams were back in action after the holidays with a home game on January 4 on the Wamor campus when they hosted East Mississippi. Both teams pulled out a win in two close games. The Warriorettes defeated the Lady Lions 10 1-99 The Lad} 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. Mattie 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, East Central's Coach Lucille Wood said, · We're just glad to win the first game after the break. It will certainly give us a boost." The Warriors defeated the Lions 72-69. East Central's only lead in the first half came when Donald Oayton 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 Warrtors was Joe Kennamer with 20 points. Robert Gilliland scored 16 while Eddie Griffin and Leon Jackson each made 10. Larry Anderson was high scorer for

EMJC with 22 pomts. Coach RJVes sa1d his team was prett} bad out of shape but made some bid shots On January 6 the East Central teams again -played on their home court hosting Southwest Both teams came out on top. The Warriorettes decisive!) defeated Southwest girls 82-64. Mattie Burnside was high scorer with 20 pomts followed by Paula Rogers with 10 and Pam Coleman .dth 10. Jo Beth Roberts led Southwest with 17. On Jan. 8, when the team traveled to Holmes, ·hey were defeated 87-60. In this game. Mattie Burnside made 23 big pomts followed by Dorothy Jacksvn with 10. After the first week of play for the second semester, the Warrior– ettes are 8-8 for the season. After defeating Southwest and losing to Holmes . the Warriors are 9·5 for the season. The three gamu played on their home court should give both teams

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