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(10.5). The top scorers fo r Jay Bowen's Warriors are Tyrone Stowers (20 .5), Terry Thames (20.0), Kevin Kennedy (14.0), Mi– chael James (1 0.0), Eric Mays (8.0), and Tony Bailey (7.5). Both EMCC teams are 0-1 . The Lady Lions dropped an 83-71 de– cision to ECCC Monday night, while the Lions lost, 89-78. Leading scorers for Dale Peay's Lady Lions were Lanita Yar– brough (22), Michelle Junior (13), Renita Jackson (12), and Candace Blair (10). The top scorers for Tommy Edwards' Lions were Curtis Chaney (21) and Leo Ro– binson (20). Faulkner State was 20-10 a year ago. Among the top players for Jack Robertson's Sun Chiefs are 6-foot-6 sophomore center Leo– nard White (17.4 ppg, 11.2 rpg as an all-Southern Division pick of a year ago), 6-foot-5 sophomore guard Dayon Sheppard (36.6 per– cent from 3-point range), 6-foot freshman guard Carey Martin, 6-foot-5 freshman forward Ronald Gomez, 6-foot-3 freshman for– ward Rickey Vance of Jackson Murrah, 6-foot-5 sophomore cen– ter Will ie Jackson, and 6-foot-3 sophomore forward Andre Lee. Faulkner opened against Flor-

DECATUR- East Central and East ~hssissippi continue their )Oung basketball seasons when the) compete in the 1990-91 East Central Classic here, today and Saturda}. Jn today's women's games, EMCC and GulfCoast tangle at 2 p.m.•while ECCC faces Jackson (Tenn.) State at 6. Ftrst-day men 's games have EMCC facing Faulkner (Ala.) State at 4 p.m. and ECCC hosting Jack on State at 8. In Saturday's women's games, EMCC takes on Jackson State at 2 p.m ., wh ile ECCC meets Gulf Coast at 6. Saturday's men 's games have EMCC facing Jackson State at4 p.m., while ECCC hosts Faulkner State at8. ECCC's Lady Warriors and Warriors arc both 2-0. In their last action, the Lady Warriors clocked Delta, 101-89, while the Warriors beat Delta, 90-83, in Wednesday games. Leading the scoring for Sammy Pace's Lady Warriors are Paula Nash (20.5), Shontel Lowe (20.0), Carol Boatman (15.5), Shea Oak– ley (I 1. 5), and Brooke Smith

Sammy Pace ida GulfCoastTuesday.

Doris Smith 's Lady Bulldogs of Gu lf Coast opened their season Tuesday at Pensacola (Fla.) and then fell to Clarke 83-72 Thursday night. Smith has only one return– ing player, 5-foot-10 Angel Foster of D'Iberville. She has a pair of 6-foot freshmen in Monique Bur– roughs and Tawanna Frison, both from Mobile, Ala. The Jackson State women could be a team to reckon with. They split a pair of games with 24-6 MJCA state champion Northeast a year ago. Jackson State won 66-62 at Jackson, Tenn., then lost 74-56 at Booneville. Northeast was 2-0 against EMCC and 1-0 against ECCC. Jackson opened its 1990-91 season against Wallace (Ala .) State Tuesday.

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