1989

Warr1ors thump Bobcats By Marty Stamper Sgeclal to The Star DECATUR - Not long ago, you didn't have to be Joe N""amath to guarantee a win over the East Central Community College men's basketball team. Especially in South Division games. Times may be changing. The Warriors improved to 5-7 with a 97-84 thumpingof 6-3 Jones Monday night m the division opener for both squads. The Warriors started like the ECCC of old, quickly falling behind 10-4. A reverse dunk by Michael James gave the hosts a 14-13 lead which turned into a 26-19 advantage with 7:23 left in the fll'St half. Dunks by James and Travis Watkins sent ECCC into halftime with a 44-33lead. The second half would belong to ECCC's Tyrone Stowers. The Scott Central Hi~ School all-star scored 24 of h1s game-high 39 points as the Warriors broke the game open. ECCC led as much as 76-53 with just under seven minutes remaining. "I thought for 40 minutes, it was probably our best game of the year,'' ECCC first-year coach Jay Bowen said. "The defense really did a good job. We hit the same thing to ltawamba two weeks ago. "Harawork and hustle was the bottom line," JCJC coach Katie Herrington said. "We played a lot of the game with two starters out (with foul problems). I can't say enough about those that came off the bench and hadn't been playing very much. " Jones took advantage of a 15-day layoff by ECCC to take a 45·36 halftime lead. JCJC led as much as 13 (51-38) before ECCC took a pair of four-point leads in

Tyrone Bender drives on Milton Reese, Ramon Jones (31) boards hard offensively and defensively. team-high rune rebounds. Young Rucker led Jones with 18 points, while Ramon Jones had 14, Vincent Simmons 13, Gd James Cooke 10.

"The scouting report on us has been to play zone and press. They did that the whole second half. We were up 11 and extended the lead. I thought our guys played hard. I'm well pleased." Watkins and Charlie Donner– son added a dozen points each for ECCC, while Eric Mays had 11. James had nine points and a regulation. The last came on a pair of baskets by Umeki Ed– wards with just under two minutes showing. Teresa Evans scored with eight seconds left in regulation to tie the game, 80-80. Ste~,>hanie Moore got six of her 17 pomts in overtime for the Lady Bobcats. Jones, which was only 7-16 a year ago, improved to 6·1. ECCC fell to 7-1. "I thought our pressure tightened them up a little," Herr– ington added. "I felt, player for player, we were quicker."

JONES WOMEN 92, EAST CENTRAL 90: Jones outscored ECCC 12-10 in overtime to knock the Lady Warriors from the unbeaten ranks. JCJC did the SEE Warriors 78~ Carol Boatman had 19 points and 16 rebounds to lead ECCC, while Edwards had 16 ~in and 13 rebounds. Kathy McDougle scored 14 . points, while Sadie Triplett and Shea Oakley added 11 each. Shontel Lowe red eight points. Evans added 15 poin for Jones, while F~licia Allen and Linda Brown ada~ 13 each. and Edwina Robins cl 1pped in 12 ECCC visits Hin . while Jones hosts Copiah-Linc m 'Jburs. day games.

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