1990

EMCC women triumph By ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM S:a• spo,.s correspondent SCOOBA - Th ey say t he pretllest thing in the world is the smile on the face of a happy gtrl. But if you saw the look on the face of coach Dale Peay after his Lady Lions of East Missisipi had just defeated the highly-regarded East Central Communii ty College Lady Warriors 72-59 T uesda y night in Keyes T. Currie Coli – seum, you could have made an ar– guement for small town basketball coaches. The Lady Lions of EMCC strode to a large second-half lead, then he ld o n fo r the 13- po int victory. "We just came out ready to play ball toni ght," a grinning Peay noted after the game. "After we lost to them earlier in the year. we could have been intimidated by them, but we re ally c ame out ready to play." Ea st Central grabbed its last lead at 5-2 with 16: 11 remaining in the first half before surrender– ing eight s traight po in ts to the Lady Lions, who never loo ked back. After a 10-0 run to move ahead 22-10 at the 7 :53 mark of the fi rst half, the Lady Lions and their fans could already beg in to smell an upset. The biggest lead of the first half for Pe ay ' s wome n was a IS-point margin at 33- 18. Two free throws pu t the Lad y Lions up by 18 at 57-39. Peay was worried c oach Sammy Pace's Lady Warriors might stage a com-

Ltons contnbutccl grc all) to the wm. "I thought it was a big plus f o r us to ho ld (Shea) Oakl e y scoreless," Peay said. "She really hurt us the ft rsttime we p layed them." The 4-1 Lad> Warriors were led by Carolyn Boatman 's 20 points, followe d b> 18 from ShonteJ Lowe . Pau la Nash added 8 for ECCC. The Lady Ltons of EMCC im– prove to 3-1 on the young season. Candace Blair Jed EMCC with 21

points, followed by Renita Jacl son with 13 m d Trina Shelton ... Lanita Yarbrough with 12 cad The Lady L ons ente rtain Jor. County Jur.. "~r College Thur ·d at 6:00p.m EASTCE!'IH \ 1.. (59)-Carolyn Bo.t~-a&:~ Shontel Lowe l • April Hendon 0. Tasha W Codtie Tem:n•c Tooya StOwc.n 2, Be•er y 2, Glona Cia) 2 hc!Ue Gladney 3, Paula :\ Brooke Snu:M M:si) Wright 0, Shea Oakley EAST :MISSISSIPPI (72) - Donna Col Mtehclle Juruo: C onda~:e Blur2l,l..a:u+_. l brough 12,TrmaS!lclton 12, Rcni~ Jacluoo I~ mie Cooper 4 Crla GthbJ 2, Michelle R~ JackieW alkc: L HALITl't E:E.\1CC, 34-2A.

eback if his bunch let down. A comeback was in the minds of the Lady Warriors. ECCC hit a 10-2 run which closed the score to 59-49 with 7:02 still remaining in the contest. " When they cut it to te n , we could have quit," Peay noted. "But we hung in there and kept hus– tling. We didn't shoot free throws very well at all in the first half, but we hit 'em when they c ounted down the stretch." A stmg)' defense by the Lady

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