1989

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1989-90 East Central Basketball Outlook

East Central Community College is entering into a new era with new head coach Jay Bowen. The en– thusiasm is high among the players and community of East Central with Bowen promising an aggressive and exciting brand of basketball. 1989-90Warriors will be young and in experienced but with their hard work the future looks bright for ECCC. Two players return off the 1989-90 Warrior team and both are being looked upon for team leader– ship. Steve Gainey a 6'2" guard from Union, MS and Kelvin Young a 6'3" guard from Philadelphia, have pro– ven in early workouts their ability to bring the players together as a team. The freshman class will be large tn number and only time will tell as to the quality. Heading the class is 6'8'' forward/center Michael James from Gary, Ind. Other top signees include 6'5" forward Tyron Stowers trom Forest, 6'6" forward Mark Gates from Douglasville, Ga.; 6'4" forward Charlie Donnerson and

5'10" guard Eric Mays, both from Gosnell, Ark.; Tyron Bender a 6'3" guard from Louisville, and Terry Thames a 6'1" guard from Little Rock. Other signees include Randy Stokes a 6'3" guard from Carthage, MS; Travis Watkins a 6'1" guard from Lake, and Jason Johnson a 6'5" forward from Louisville. Bowen, with his style of an ag– gressive man to man defense, hopes his team will be competitive against a very competitive schedule. The schedule will include of course tough home and away games against the Southern Conference of the Mississippi Junior College Associa– tion. East Central's nonconference schedule includes tournaments at East Mississippi and Jones, plus a tournament hosted by ECCC. Home and away dates with East Mississip– pi, Holmes, Patrick Henry (AL) and Mary Homes plus away games with Northwest and Rhodes College (TN) round out a very tough schedule.

SCOBEBOIBD Philadelphia 22 Decatur 13

Louisville 25 Neshoba Central 8

East Central 34 Southwest 24

This Week's Games Philadelphia will host Kemper Friday at 7 p.m.

Neshoba Central will host Noxubee Friday at 7 p.m.

East Central will host Mississippi Delta Thursday at 7p.m.

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