1993

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ECCC nips JCJC with free throws in final seconds

Bobcats , who started four freshmen and a sophomore. •East Central (women) 83, Jones County 67: Playing without Cassandra King and a subdued Jamala Odom- both due to injuries - the winners survived a cold spell of more than four minutes in the first half before taking the lead for good. After JCJC used an 11-0 run to take a 26-21 lead with 4:48 to go, East Central outscored its hosts 13-3 in the final minutes to take a 34-29 advantage at the break. The Lady Warriors spotted Jones a three-pointer to start the second half, then went on a 12-2 tear in the next 3; min– utes to go up 46-34 with 14:59 left in the game. The closest Jones came after that was eight points twice within the final two minutes. "I thought Jones did an excellent job on their defensive end," Lady Warriors coach Sammy Pace said. "They exe– cuted well and really looked good in the first half. "I thought the second half - before the first half ended, actually - we got to moving a little bit. We changed our offensive set some and used something we hadn't used all year and it just worked. Then we got our running game going a little bit and we hit our foul shots down the stretch." Rena Reed led the victors with 18 points and nine assists. Carla Leflore added 15 point' to go with 14 points and tbr te from E\ el) n from. :fomca Dans. The Lady Bobcats, who suf– fered a 10-0 run midway through the second half to fall behind 65-44, were led by Kimmie Ducksworth's 20 points and 11 rebounds. Rosalyn Weathersby added 10 points to go with Kiwana Thigpen's eight points and three steals. Rebound leader Denise Smith, who had eight, added seven points. eight

ELLISVILLE East Central Community College's Warriors came within eight seconds of having their win– ning streak snapped at eight games Thursday night before they nipped J ones County 60- 59. A pair of Michael Coats free throws put East Central up by three as the 9 1 winners com– pleted a South Division sweep. In the opener the Lady Warriors took their lOth straight triumph with an 83- 67 victory. "Everyone thinks we're going to have taken this game lightly because of the way they played against Pearl River," ~r arrior::. coach Marty Cooper aid, referring to the 75-57 loss Fletcher Cockrell's team mffered in Poplarville Tuesday night. ''But I told our guys 'I know one thing: Fletcher's team is going to play hard at horne tonight against East Central' and they did. "They played a heck of a game. They played harder than we did tonight, and we found out when don't shoot the ball well. ..Some of that was them, but a lot of it was us having a bad night, so the only good thing I can say us we played bad and still won." The first half featured four tie scores and ended with 10 lead changes in the last 9:06 Centra] hung on for a t the re

JCJC, now 2-6 overall and 0-2 in the South, had gone to the free throw line and missed only one second before Coats sewed it up for the visitors. Morgan was the Warriors' top scorer with 15 points. Anthony Coleman added 14 and Marcus Mann chipped in nine five of which came in the finai 7:05. JCJC's Elijah Robley led all performers with 20 points (including a buzzer– beater to cut the final winning margin to one) and 15 rebounds. Carlos Anderson had 16 points and Marlon Pratt added 13 for the

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