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ECCC's Jay Bowen corrals seven new cage Warriors By Marty Stamper Special to The Star

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''--- Right now, we've signed everybody we wanted to f rom the dist rict and feel like it 's a pretty good group, But it 's hard to tell how success– ful they' ll be as freshmen. -Jay Bowen ______ ,, and had a game-high of 44 against Newton. Another incoming player is 6- foot-1, 165-pound guard Travis Watkins of Lake High School. Watkins averaged 20.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 7.3 assists.

"We're looking at both of them as combo guards," Bowen said. " They can both play the number one or two positions. Bowen inked a pair of Louis– ville High School players in 6- foot-3, 190-pound Tyrone Bender and 6-foot-5, 190-pound Jason J ohnson. The biggest prize of the district signings may be 6-foot-5, 190- pound forward Tyrone Stowers of Scott Central High School. Stowers bas been selected for the Mississippi High School All-Star game th1s summer. Bowen is looking at Stowers as a small forward after he averaged 27 points and 15 rebounds as a senior. Also among the future War– riors is 6-foot-2 Randy Stokes of Car thage High School. He aver– aged 18.5 points and eight re– bounds and can play either of the guard positions or small for– ward, Bowen said. Bowen's lone out-of-stater thus far is 6-foot-5, 230-pound Matthew Maye, a 1986 graduate

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DECATUR - New East Cen– tral Community CoUege men's basketbal1 coach Jay Bowen has been quite busy, and successful, in recruiting for his 1989-90 team. Bowen has already signed six players from ECCC's

five-county district and one out-of-sta– ter. .' ".Right now, we've signed everybody we wanted to from the dis–

Jay Bowen of Livingston High School. He averaged 17 points and 15 re– bounds his senior year.' Bowen anticipates signing ad– ditional out-of-stater s. "We're in on a lot of good people,'' the first-year Warr ior coach said. "The question is whether we hit on them or not. There's a long list of good play– ers. It's just a question of nar– rowing it down." ....... p.. e;:

trict and feel like it's a pretty good group," Bowen said. "But it's hard to tell how successful they'Jl be as freshmen." One of Bowen's top incoming freshmen is 6-foot-1, 17Q-pound guard Terry Thames of Beulah Hubbard High School. Thames averaged 26 points as a senior

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