1982-1986

Big nights give Jones big win

With the win, Jones County improved to 12-1 overall and 5-0 in the South division, while ECJC fell to 2-10 overall and 1-4 in the loop. The Warriors were led by Gary Anderson with 16 p~nts as Joe McGowan followed ·with 11. Byrne Drummond and Arness Georgetown added nine point apiece, while Greg Wells hit eight. Steve Seeley and David Gaines added seven points each for the Bobcats. ECJC will host Meridian Ju– nior College Saturday night, while the Bobcats travel to Gulf– coast Tuesday night for a big South division matchup.

it kind of showed tonight in the first half," JCJC coach Marc Dukes said. "We were a little sluggish and missed a lot of shots we normally make, but we fi– nally got going in the second half and played better pressure de– fense and rebounded better." The Bobcats did come out and play a lot better overall and roared out in front 64-48 with 11: 58 left in the contest. JCJC eventually led by as much as 25 points, before going on for the lop-sfded win. "We made a couple of runs but never could keep the score down," Gressett said. "We kept it (the Bobcat lead) around six or eight points for a while, but they would always pull it back out. Then finally their depth and talent started to pay off." Depth was a major factor as Marc Dukes' played all 11 play– ers on his team and everyone of · them scored. But Dukes said there was a reason for using so many players. "Our bench has been good to us all year, but I probably substituted tonight more than I normally would because we are not in good game shape yet," Dukes said. "When you've been off for three weeks, you need depth. There is nobody ready to play 40 minutes and I know it's hard to get back in the swing of things." This was JCJC's first game since Dec . 11 . "I'm just glad to get this win under our ,belts, because a win was important" Dukes added.

By Ricky Sullivan The Meridian Star

DECATUR - Four Jones County Junior College Bobcats had big nights here Thursday night which spelled big trouble for the homestanding East Cen– tral Junior College Warriors as the Bobcats rolled to an impress– ive 103-81 South division win. Jones Coun- · ty's Darrin Ab– ney, David Rinquet, Tony

Heidelberg and Brian Johnson were the culprits who handed coach Larry Gressett's Warriors their 10th loss is 12

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Sullivan outings. Abney fired in 19 pomts · as Rinquet followed with 14, Heidelberg tossed in 13 and John– son hit 11. "It was just too many Bob– cats," Gressett said. "Plus, you are talking about a team with a lot of talent. They've got a good ball club. They really do. "I haven't seen Copiah-Lincoln yet, but Jones is one of the best around that I've seen play," Gressett added. The two teams µswapped the lead in the early going as the Warriors kept it close in the first half. JCJC could only manage a 41-33 advantage at the half. "We've been off three weeks and

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