1991

Brya bounces ECCC ladies from South tourney By MARTY STAMPER Star soorts wnter

ll ---------------- The last time we played East Centra', she was 13 for 13. (ECCC) Coach (Sammy) Pace told me the other day that he thought she was the key to our team and I told him I agreed with him 100 percent. - PRCC'sPoUy Kirkland " The teams were tied at 10-10 with 13:57 left in the first h alf with Lowe having all 10 ECCC points. PRCC got 14 first-half points fromWendy Palmer to take a 40-371ead into intermission. ECCC used one of Nash's four 3-pointers and a three-point play from Shea Oakley to take a 51-46 lead with 14:20 to go. ECCC led 62- 55 with 6:33

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POPLARVILLE- Pearl River's Sandy Bryan stood at the free-throw line with two seconds on the clock and her Lady Wild– cats tied with East Central, 70-70, in Tuesday's action in the Missis- sippi Community College South Division Tournament at PRCC. Bryan had just tied the game when she came up with Melissa Adams' wayward 3-pointer and stuck it in, gelling fouled in the pr . Jkyan nailed the free shot to put th hosts up 71-70. The Lady Wildcats saw ECCC's last chance f o r a win go astray as Shontel Lowe caught Paula Nash's full– coUrt pass and turned and fired, on~· to have it go off the glass, off the rim, and down to the Marvin WhiteColiseumfloor. The fact that Bryan made the cmning free shot wasn't surpris– mg. The 5-foot-6 sophomore from Ward ill, La., made 17-of-20 free shots in the game, although she had missed two at the 2:50 mark. 1 wasn't her first such effort against ECCC. ''We couldn't have asked for a better person to be on the line," PRCC coach Polly Kirkland said. ..The last time we played East Central, she was 13 for 13. (ECCC) Coach (Sammy) Pace told me the other day that he thought she was the key to our team and I told him I agreed with him 100 percent. You've got (Edith) Pedescleaux scoring some points, but you've got Bryan out– smarting a lot of people." As a team, the Lady Wildcats were 27-of-38 at the free-throw ll.ine

don, 14 from Cynthia Newman 12 frvm Darlene Thompson, an< 10 from Kari Babski. Hinds faces 21-6 Jones at 2 p.m U)day. ECCC'!, :!1-4 men face 19-c Jones in the 3 p.m. nightcap. • DELTA WOMEN 64, EMC( 59: The Delta women coul~ hav ended EMCC's season w1th th win Tuesday night in Juco Nortl Division tournament play. Michelle Junior led the Lad Lions with 20 points, while Renit Jackson and Jammie Cooper boL had 11. Delta led at halftime 34-30.

Robert Davis 13, Terrance Wil– liams 11 and Irving Williams 10. South~est, which ended its sea– son at 15-11, got a game-high 34 i oints from Adrian Sanders and from Jason Singleton. Hinds faces 13th-ranked Gulf oast (24-3) at 4 p.m. today. • HINDS WOMEN 74, SOUTH· WEST 68: Hinds ran its mark to ~6-9 by getting 29 points from Donna Washington, 20 from Gwendolyn Wilson, and 10 from Zelda Bowman. Southwest, wh ich fin!shed its season at4-18, got 17 pomts from Jadea Carter,l5 from Anissa Gor-

EAST CENTRAL(71)- Matcc1J Gray 4, Car· olyn Boatman 3, Beverly Wa~ 7, Gloria ClayS Paula Nub 17, Broolc.Smitb 2, MinyWn&)n2 Shont.el Lowe :In, Shea Oalc!ey 10. PEARL RIVER (71)- Sabrina Younablood 10, Tonjala Pittman 3, Wendy Palmer 14, Sand) Bryan23, MdiaaAdlllll6, Edith ~ux IS. Halftime: PRCC, 40-37. • HINDS MEN 82, SOUTH· WEST 69: The Eagles improved to 12-13 behind the 31-point effort of Michael Thompson and four other players scoring in double figures. Nickoe Whitley added 15, s..wcos 18

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remammg. raw deal at the end of the flrst half ECCC (13-8) got 20 poin ts when a basket by Nash was ne– frorn Lowe, 17 from Nash, and 10 gated by referee forrest Phillips, from Oakley. Carolyn Boatman, who said it came after the horn. who came in averaging 19 .5 The shot appeared to be released points, was held to only three. prior to the horn sounding·. ECCC was eliminated from the ECCC shot 28 free throws, division tourney, but could still making 17. The Lady Warriors qualify for the Region 23 Tourna- were a cold 4-of-1 0 in the final ment in two weeks if Copiah- 9:26, missing four one-and-ones. Lincoln (20-3) beats PRCC to- Five ECCC turnovers in the last night at 6 and Holmes (16-9) beats 4:37 helped the Lady Wildcats er– Delta (12-12) in the North Di' 1- asea 64-59 deficit

sion Tournament at Moorhead. Co-Lin and Holmes swept the regular-season cootests. Co-- • dropped o t of the ,_ - bullS recew.mg voces as IS Jooes. PRCC (17 -7) got 23 points from Bryan, 15 from Pedescleaux, 14 from Palmer, and 10 from Sa– brina Youngblood.

. Pace thought Bryan's basket shouldn't have counted as he thought she was fouled before the shot. He declined to elaborate af– ter the contest.

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