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thought our defense on their outside people was ex– tremely effective. "I didn 't think we played as good a defense in"ide as we needed to. However, we came back and scored inside on them. Our perimeter game v. as pretty ~ffective, we were just suffering from the same rulment we've had this year ... we just di~n't have enough ballhandlers." After falling behind 10-6. ECCC took a 29- r) lead with 4:07 left in the first half behind 12 pou.:s from Carolyn Boaunan, nine from Paula Nash, ar J seven from Shontel Lowe. Holmes (20-10) got a 3-pointer each from Tanya Dawson and Retha Greer to close to within 31-27 at halftime. Kim Wingard scored Holmes' first 11 points of the second half lo give the Lady Bulldogs a 38-36 lead. Holmes led 48-40 with 12:23 remaining.

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By MARTY STAMPER Star sports wnter

CLll'-o'TO~- It was the arne slOry, only another chapter for the East Central Lady Warnors in their 71-70 loss to Holm~s in Lhe first round of the Reg– ion 23 Tournament Monday afternoon at the A.E. Wood Coliseum. So many chances to win. Just enough troubles to keep them from doing it. Things like turnovers. ECCC was officially charged with 16. Not a lot, but consider four came in the final 2:14 with ECCC clinging to a 66-62 lead. Things like a poor 9-of-20 effort from the free– throw line. Nothing major. Just enough to end a team's sea– son at this time of year when only the best survive. "It was a good ballgarne," ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. "It could have gone either way. Wc played a pretty decent ballgame and so did 1e}' I

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Following a time out, Holmes killed the fmal 18.8 seconds as ECCC did not foul for some un– known reason. ECCC ended its season at 13-9 after making its third-straight regional appearance. "I'm pleased with my kids," Pace added. "They're a good bunch of kids. I'm going to look forward to having the freshmen back next year and I'm sure going to miss the sophomores." Boatman and Nash each finished with 20 points, while Lowe had 15, and Oakley eight. Boatman also had 14 rebounds, while Nash had seven assists. Nash hit six 3-pointers (in 14 attempts), while Boatman was only 10-of-30 from the field. Wingard led Holmes with 31 points and 12 re– bounds, while Greer had 24 points. Holmes wtll face either Copiah-Lincoln or Jones Wednesday at 6 p.m. IIOL.\U'.S (71) - Gcrucc Duren 3, Tonya Dawson 5, Sonya HOlmes 5. Retha Gnli:r 24, Relinda Clayton 3, Kim Wingard 31. EAST C~RAL (70) - Cuol)1l Boaunan 20, Tammie Rigdon 3, Bo– vcr!y Wm: 3, Glma Clay I, Paula Nash 20, Shontd Lowe 15, Shea Oakley 8. llalnlmt ~or~: !:.CCC, 31·27. SCOTT COUNTY THIES____ U~I O :\ APPEAL lv'I 1\ STON C0 U :.~=r.,....,Y___,.J"""O.,....,U""'RNA L_ _ _ _ ~IERIDIA:-1 STAR - ---

Nash hit two 3-pointers, while Beverly Ware added another as ECCC rallied for a 54-53 lead a! the 7:28 mark. Wingard hit two free shots to give Holmes, the MJCA Tournament champion. a 55-54 lead before ECCC went on an eight-point run. Shea Oakley and Tammie Rigdon each had a free throw and a field goal, while Lo·.~.·c added a basket. Leading 62-55 with 4:38 to go, ECCC twned the ball over on three straight possessions as Holmes fought to within 62-60. Lowe added four points to extend the lead to 66-60 with 2:28 left, but four more ECCC turnovers enabled Holmes to tie the game at 66-66 with I:33 left. Two baskets by Boatman gave Et:CC a 70·69 lead following a 3-pointer by HCC's Sonya Hol– mes. A basket by Greer with 53.6 seconds left gave Holmes its final one-point lead. Greer missed a one-and-one \Vith 20.5 seconds showing, but a tie ball resulted with Holmes getting ball possession.

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