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Green pleases crowd By Marty Stamper Special to The Star DECATUR - Often you can tell how good a certain player is from the reaction of the crowd. Whenever East C<'ntral's Pam Green shot from 3-point range, the decibel level always rose. The 5-foot-8 sophomore guard connected from long distance 67 times this past season as ECCC finished 18-8 and advanced to the Region 23 Tournament semifinals. Green, along with ECCC team– mate Faye McDonald, was pick– ed for the Mississippi Junior Col– lege All-Star Game Thursday night at Holmes Community Col– lege in Goodman. " I was shocked," Green said of her selection. " I wasn' t the type of player that played CODSlStentJy." Maybe it was a matter of tim– ing. Green averaged 11.2 points for the season, but in the Lady Warriors' six

Pam Green justrnents to be made before Green garnered much playing time at ECCC. "I had to learn a quick release," Green said. "You don't have all day to get a shot off." "She shoots the ball from the catching position, " ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. "She can pass or shoot from the same position.'' Her high game was a 27-point effort against Gulf Coast in which she connected on six 3-pointers. She also hit six 3-pointers and scor ed 20 points against Delta in the state tourney. Green also had to adapt defen– sively to stay in Pace's lineup. "I got smarter defensively," Green said. "I had to use my head more than my feet. He

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