1991

KEEK OF

day, whipped the Lions again in Decatur. TheWarrirors, who are now 4-1 on the season, were led by J.P. Viverette's 26 points. The Phi– ladelphbia duo of Mark Stribling and v andy Hopson adaed 19 and 12 points, respectively, whil~ Tony Bailey chipped in 11. a A ts: East Mississippi was led b~ ~s: Wilson's 16 and Jimmie Ari(Jer- son's 14 points. oJ os: The two teams could ~q~ again this weekend in the EM'G:~ tournament. o J In the women's contest, E~took a 64-56 win, but no detailS o the game were available. q tc • On a related note, standout EM\& Central sophomore Tony Bailey was scheduled to sign with a fG!tr– yearcollcge today. ; IT?, Bailey has been popular arM:J1i recruiters since averaging 14.4 points and 4.1 rebounds as a fresh– man. He is curre ntly ECCC's leading scorer. The 6-foot-5 guard from Villa Rica, Ga ., was rumored to be heading out of state. Today is Lhe first day of the early signing per– iod for prep and junior college recruits. First-year East Central coach Marty Cooper was on a recruiting tri ~s unavailable for com– ilj or 4dditional information.

=rom sta'ffreports The Meridian Community Col– lege Eagles dropped a tough, 81-i6 decision to Pearl River in the Gulf Coast Community Col– lege tournament Tuesday ~"temoon. ~man Myers led the way in ,.._,..,.....,.· g column for the Eagles, racking up 22 polnts to go with 12 rebounds. Darrick Clark added 12 ts and 10 assists for MCC, Greg Robertson scored 10. c Eagles led 42-36 at the half, and the game was tied 68-68 v.imjust three minutes remaining. a 'gle difference in the game was likely the free-throw shooting. ~I River was 17-<>f-22 from the 'IW:ie', while MCC hit its only two attempts. The Eagles are 2-3 on the sea– son, and will play their first con– ference game at homeThursday at 7:30p.m. against Natchez. • EAST CENTRAL MEN 95, EAST MISSISSIPPI 78: The homestanding Warriors took their second win over the Lions in eight days. ~ Last week, ECGC d efe te EMCC in Scooba, anct e.£

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