1982-1986

ECJC captures third vic By Todd Prillhart post the upset win.

"I think that was the difference in the ballgame, Gressett said. "We got a good start in the secon, half. There was a while there where we jus

The Meridian Star

DEXATUR - L a ~ r yGressett's East Central couldn't miss." Junior College Warriors made amends for an early Meridian had built an eight-point lead midwa: 14-point loss to Meridian Junior College by through the first half on the hot hands of guards o~rtlastingJim Redgate's Eagles 74-71 here Satur- Dwayne Henry (11 first-half points) and James day night. Brown (eight points in the first 20 minutes). But The loss dropped MJC to 5-6 on the year, while Gressett said a defensive change a t the ha1 ECJC lasted victory for only the third time in 13at- resulted in cooling the pair off somewhat in the se tempts. But according to Gressett, that only makes cond half, enabling his team to rnake their lat Saturday night's win that much sweeter. surge. "I'm just tickled to death with it," said Gressett, Trailing 64-55 with 3:4'1 remalnlng. ivlerlalan '.They beat us by 14 over there (Meridian) the first Brown canned a three-pointer to bring his Eagle of the year, and we haven't won in a while, So it felt within six. But forced to foul with time closing OU good. " the Eagles watched a s ECJC converted six-of-eigk Led by the 26-poifii effort of sharp-shooting guard free throws down the stretch to thrwart any Con Arness Georgetown, East Central erased a one- eback hopes. point Meridian halftime lead by canning five con- Patrick Luttrell added 15points for East Centra secutive baskets to start the second half and went while Meridian was led by Brown and Henry with 1 on to lead by a s many a s nine late in the game to points each. Lady Warriors outscore Lady Eagles By Todd Prillhart The Meridian Star

ed baskets over the next five minutes, a six-point Lady Eagle spurt - on two free throws by Doreen Clophus and a pair of layups by Cather Bohanon and Lula Stamps - finally gave Meridian its first lead of the se- cond half a t 68-65 with 7 : 13 remaining. - "When you score 81points, you ought to win," Satcher said. "But I guess we lost it on put-backs. We just couldn't get the defen- sive rebounds. But it was a much -

better game than I expect€ after four weeks off. I wasn disappointed, I thought u played fairly well." Faye McDonald followed Gri fin and Jimmerson's 20-point e forts with 17 for East Centra while Tracy Stuart and Regir Amos added 11 each. MJC was paced by Jones ar Bobbie Creer with 16points eac followed by Clophus with 13 ar Stamps and Merrell with 12eac

DECATUR - Lady Warriors Delois Griffin and Mellissa Jim- merson each scored a game-high 20 points in leading Eas t Central Junior College to a barn-burning 89-81 victory over visiting Meri- dian Junior College here Satur- day night. The win improved Sammy Pace's squad to an even 5-5 on the vear, while Barbara Sat- cher's Lady Eagles dropped to 4-8 on the season. And while Satcher said her team's point total should have resulted in victory, Pace, mean- while, was grateful for every basket his Lady Warriors could salvage. "I don't think we could have scored 89 points had Meridian not pressed us like they did," Pace explained. "They *run and they make you run, so you have to score high in order to win." With forward Donna Jones, v;ho scored 12 of her 16 points on the night in the first half, mat- ching buckets with ECJC's Grif- fin and Jimmerson, the Lady Eagles managed to stay within rclnge of the taller Lady Warriors to trail by a margin of 39-33a t the half. Meridian then began to nibble a t the lead midway through the second half and eventualiy tied the game a t 51-all on a Barbara Merrell jumper a t the 13:09 -P

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