1991

eep winning ways intact

Marcy Cooper knew he had large shoes to fill when he took the head oo:iChing position at East Central Community College inearly October. ~onncr basketball coach Jay Bowen had left in September for Geor– gia State and expectations were high around Decatur. TheWarrior car– ried :t 30-17 record during the two years under Bowen, and as Cooper xphtins, there is still talent at ECCC. ''fie do have some athletes," Cooper said of the 1991-92 edition that taned the season at East Mississippi Community College with a 9...- '8 actory Monday. "Jay left us three or four pretty good players bn. we are not very deep. The whole key to the season 1s if we keep the guys r~.h . Depth is going to hurt us." ~~Central also played Wednesday, and came out with a 89-0 \vin over Delta. But Cooper feels that his Warriors want to push the ball up tlie court at every opportunity- something his lack of depth can 't a low. , "That is a problem for us," Cooper said. "Their attitude is run. run, run, and mine is run when it is there. Last year they had 10 playcrs,like we only have five this year. We don't have the luxery to do that If we do, we'll get tired. "We are trying to teach them to be more selective, since they are go– ing to be playing about 35 minutes each game this year," he said. "It is really hard to goat thar pace for thll!QN:;" · Cooper plans to rotate abou ~ht or nine Pfayers intoeach game, and the strength of theW 1! e. J Yiverene, a 6-foot-6 cen-

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