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First-half rally lifts ECCC ladies to win Scrappy EMCC hangs in close

guaro Apryl Hendon ot Union proved you don't have to be big to contribute as she sparked an ear ly Lady Warrior run with two steals and Jayups and a third steal that she dished off to Paula Nash for a layup to put the hostS up 9-2. Led by eight points from Stark– vi l le's Lani t a Ya rb ro u g h , EMCC's Lady Lions closed to within 28-23 with five minu tes left in the first half. ECCC went on an eight-point run with two driv– ing layups from Nash highlighting the run and took a 38-25 lead into intermission. EMCC got back to within45-40 with 16:0 I remaining on a layup by Jackson State transfer Renita Jackson. ECCC's Shontel Lowe and Shea Oakley scored four poims each to pad the lead to 52-40 with 15 minutes to play. Hanging onto 10-12 point leads over the next 10 minutes, ECCC put the game away with a basket each from Oakley, Beverly Ware, and Marcella Torrence to take its biggest lead at 80-63 at the three– minute mark. Nash led ECCC's scoring with 20 points, while Oakley had.l6, Lowe 12, Carol BoaLman mne, Ware eight, and Hendon and Tor– rence seven each. Oakley bad 12 rebounds, while Boatman had 10, Nash nine, and Lowe seven. Nash also had seven assistS. The play of Nash, a sophomore from Canhage, and Oakley. a so-

By MARTY STAMPER Star sports writer

DECATUR - East Central's LadyWarriors are picked to baule Coptah-Lincoln for the MJCA South Division title, while East Mississi ppi's Lady Lions arc tabbed to battle Del ta for th e North Division cellar. Amismatch in Monday night's season opener? Not hardly. East Central took an 83-71 win with a late first-half rally sparking the win. "I'm pretty well pleased for a first game," ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. "I can be happy with 83 points. We ' ve got to pl~y bet.ter than this though. We can t be ftrst in the South (Division) playing like that. We' re nowhere near where we need to be, but I believe we will get there." "I thought it was a typical fi rst ballgame for both teams," EMCC coach Dale Peay said. "We're a young ballclub right now. I think before the year is over, we'll be a fair ballclub. We 'vc just got a lot of peopl e th at haven't played together. We just look a little un– organized right now. "Hopefully, you can 't open with anybody any tougher than these people. They've just got a reale:ood ballclub. They play hard and they're physical. They j ust cause us a lot of problems." ECCC 's 5-foo t-2 freshman

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