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play after the Thanksgiving holidays by hosting Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Tuesday, December 3 to begin South Division competition. East Central will later travel to Jones Junior College oo Thursday, Dec. 5 and journey to Copiah-Lincoln on Thursday. ~ 12. Warriors Split In Tourney Action , ~ The East Central men outsoored Itawamba Community CoJlegcr 78-74 and lost a heart-breaking 99-61 overtime decision to NortheastMis..J sissippi Community College during' tournament competition NoVfllllber 18-19 on theFulton campus. Warrior pointmakers in lbe -wint over Itawamba were Viverette, 19;:J Bailey, 18; Stribling, 17; Mikell. 10; Riley, 6; Scott and Hopson, 4 each. EastCentral led 39-33 at halftime. The Warriors saw their 47-34 halftime lead tum into a three-point overtime loss to highly' regarded Northeast in first-round tournamnet action. The score was deadlocked at 90-90 at the end ofregulation play. East Central scoreres were Bailey, 28; Viverette, 23; Stribling, 17; Riley.ll; Mikcll.lO; and Hopson, 7.

East Central cruised past visiting squads from Mississippi Delta dur– ing community college basketball action Thursday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Butlding. The Lady Warriors, led by Brooke Smith's 28 points, improved to 4-4 v.1th their 92-79 win over the visiting Lady Trojans. OtherEC pointmakers w~re Shellie Griffin, 21; Misity Wngbt, 12; Gloria Clay, 8; Susan Williams, 6; Apryl Hendon, Tamella Mazmgo and Tammy Ezelle, 4 each; Amy Apperson, 3; and Lisa Tucker, 2: East Central led 46-40 at halftime. Jn the men's contest, the Warriors were no match for the hapless Tro– jans as East Central rolled to an easy 101-59 victory and bettered its sea– son mark to 8-2. East Central had five players to score in double figures, with Tony Bailey leading the offensive attack with 21 points. Also scoring were Robert Mikell, 20; Vandy Hopson, 12; J.P. Viverette, 16; Matthew Riley, 10; Marie Stribling, 9; Markee Sanders, 6; Harold Scott, 5; and Luther Riley, 2. . The Warriroa led 46-28 at halftime. East Central teams wilt resume

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