1982-1986

Clarke tops East Central behind Magee By George Miller The Meridian Star NEWTON - Sharp-shooting Clarke College stung visiting East Central Junior College 92-71 here Saturday night as Ann and Bunnie Magee combined for 57 points to trigger the ambush. Ann's 20 points along with Bun- nie's 37 points shattered any possibility of an East Central win. "We never got out of the gates against them," East Central coach Sammy Pace said. "I thought that we would come back on them, but we shot the ball only half a s good a s they shot it." East Central grabbed the lead in the early portion of the first half, but after an 8-8 tie, Clarke moved in front and was never headed. "We led at first, but foul trouble hit us and we had two players to foul out. After they tied it, it was all them," Pace added. Bunnie Magee is Clarke's leading scorer with an average of 28 points-per-game. In her last four outings, she has pumped in 37, 40, 31 a n d 25 po i n t s respectively. Clarke led 45-26a t intermission and continued that scoring pace in the second half to build a 90-66 lead with 1 : 43 left in the game on a bucket by Gail Adcock. East Central's leading scorer Melissa Jimmerson was out of action due to an injury. "We played our normal game a t times in the second half, but without 1 Melissa Jimmerson We lose our inside game and a lot of reboun- ding strength." "They (Clarke) shot about 65 percent tonight." Regina Amos paced the East Central scoring with 28 points a s Tracy Stuart followed with 10. "We played a good game tonight and had a good effort from all of our girls," Clarke coach Josh Butler said. Clarke (6-10) had just six

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Photo by Ray -_--,.... Bunnie Magee fires in two points for Clarke College players dressed olut as one was lifted Clarke into its first 20-point missing due to sickness. lead, 71-51. "We are shooting the ball well Clarke's biggest lead of the and the girls a r e working game was 24 points (90-66)when together welk If we had some Adcock s c o r e d wi t h 1 : 43 size on the inside, we would be remaining. tough," Butler added. East Central (4-15)will see ac- Lisa Anderson pitched in 14 tion again Tuesday when Copiah- points for Clarke College as Ad- Lincoln visits Decatur for a 6 cock added 10 points. p.m. clash. Anderscil drove in for a bucket Clarke will visit Pearl River and was fouled with 9:08 left in Tuesday at 6 p.m. the game and her free throw Holmes Saturday nightY;PG.ViSib

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