1982-1986

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MJC women stage miracle comeback By Mark Sullivan The Meridian Star /£ - 9- f?' :j It was exciting It was breathtaking. And it was also a valuable win for the Lady Eagles of M · ·

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w the ball in to Willtams w 0 em t One could Junior Coll~ge Saturday night as the team rallied to knock o Dian Clayton threMiller dribbled and.putdu~~he ~~ T~is there was Central Jumor College 69-68 at the MJC gym. with a perfect ~ass. until the shot sw1she en · Jenellie Miller netted a 14-foot jump shot with three second£ have heard a pm drop . d "Satcher said. the game to give MJC the win. The Lady Eagles weren't the on. chaos. . over when we were that fllr.behi~bers but we are who were going nuts over the thrilling triumph. "1 thoug~t 1t{'agsht back. we may be sma 1ngn aded the tempo on Just ask MJC head coach Barbara Satcher. "But the k1ds ou me is a fast one so we up r "We have never been 14 points behind and then come back to large in heart. Our gaur offense." . but sank the one an elated Satcher sa1d. "This was a big game for us and we defense. ~at hellfdr~ur of 15 shots from t:hhtflel.~h 10 points and a needed it for confidence. We have two games left before Chril Miller hit od ~ Ymost She ended the mg Wl and we would like to have a 6-6 record. We will have that if we w which counte b e ds · 1 d the attack with 24 next two games." whopping 16 re. oun · ing 21 points per game, e 1 dished out a In the men's game, MJC's second half late rally fell a bit sh< Clayton, wh~ts ave~:: long-range bombersi She a so the Eagles were defeated 83-77. and most oft. em w d an the offense sui?erb Y· . s added eight. The win improves the Lady Eagles to 4-6. half-dozen asslsts an \ ints and AntlOn~tte. DlgTnts and Angela The Meridian JC ladies kept it dose in the first 20 minutes and 1 Williams bucke~~a~~ Coleman each hit siX po ed 34·26 at intermission. But the Lady Warriors of East Central c Priscilla ~oss an h s Sethia Townsend out with fire in their eyes and built up a comfortable 53-39 lead. Lee contr1bu~~ t~r:rphit 28 points and teabmma;~red 13 points and But someone forgot to tell the Lady Eagles it was over. EC's Joy E1c e 11 Beverly Cham ers s MJC reeled off 18 straight points to take a 57-53 lead. EC was stt added a doze~ t~ i~e ta Y · d K 1 Richard hit 15 for ed and so was the crowd which attended the game. Karen Miller a · ttack with 17 points a~ Yenk 10 oints. Kent But the visitors bounced back and claimed the lead 65-63 with . Gary Fields le$ t~e~Uied 11 and Alvin Ollver sa p three minutes left. With the tally knotted at 65, MJC's Lym Meridian. Carl e. e ints olloway added a Williams ~it. a driving layup to give her team a 67-65 advantage v. Brown bu~ketedt~tdezfror East Centra~ and ~~b :Onnie Bender and 1:52 remammg. Mike Mills ne e . Griffin hit 11 pomts w e

East Central stole the lead again on a three-point play, which set dozen to the tally· Rlck~o the game-winning shot by Miller. After a missed EC free throw, M. Johnny Gill each sank · got the basketball, raced past midcourt and called timeout to set Wt' •ho final play.

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