1982-1986

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namer with 20 points. Robert Gilliland scored 16 while Eddie Griffin and Leon Jack– son each made 10. laiT) Anderson was high scorer for EMJ C with 22 points. Coach Rives said his team was pretty bad out of shape but made some bid shots. On. Jan. 6 the East Central teams again played on their home court hosting South– west. Both teams came out on top. The Warriorettes decisively defeated South– west girls 82·64. Mattie Burnside was high scorer with 20 points foUowed by Paula Rogers with 10 and Pam Coleman with 10. Jo Beth Roberts Jed Southwest with 17. On Jan. 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 Warriorettes are 8-8 for the season. After defeating Southwest and losing to Holmes, the Warriors are 9-5 for the season. The three games played on tJleir home court should giVe both teams a boost for the rest of the tough January schedule. Other home games will be with Hinds on Jan. 20 and with Co-Lin on J an. 31. The women'!> games are played at 6:30 with the men's games to follow. ·-0·-

By JUNE VAUGHN East Central Junior Col– lege basketball teams were back in action after the holidays with a home game on the Warrior campus Jan– uary 4th when they hosted East Mississippi. Both teams pulled out a \\in in two close games. The Warriorettes de· feated the Lady Lions 101-99. The Lady Lions' Sharon Scott hit a pa1r 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 pomt lead at one time but EMJC fought back to within two. Mattie Burnside was high scorer for the Warriorettes w1th 35 while Pam ~olcman had 24 and Stephanie Townsend had 10. Scott led the Lady L1ons with 30 points. Commenting about the game, East Cen– tral's Coach Lucille Wood said, "We're just glad to win the first game after the break. h 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 Clayton made a basket with 44 ~econds left in the half fwice during the second half of play 1 East Central srored o;ix pomt:. straight but the Lions came back to pull within three. High scorer for the Wamors was Joe Ken-

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