1993

EC ts Southwest, 82·66 Warriors prove defense is the name of the game By Stan Torgerson The Meridian Star "Th e switching from zone to man and hack again was part of our game plan. We don't usually play zone but in c:cou ting Southwest we noticed they like to drive and penetrate so we used some."

While the losers went 6-23 in shooting, ECCC was a fine 18-35 in the first half. Cooper substituted liberal– ly in he second period. Both teams shot 1&-28 giV– in g t h e Warriors a 34-63 evening or 54 percent. Southwest v;as only 22-51 from the field , 43 percent. • The third year Warrior coach said he was pleased with what he saw. "The last three games against Holmes. E ast Mississippi and tonight I've seen improvement in this team," he said. "I've felt we are getting bet– ter but our JOb now is to get ready for Jones Junior College down there Thursday night." ECCC had four players in double figures. Anthony Coleman led all scorers with 23 Eric Morgan and Stacy Miller scored 14 each and Anthony Huddleston chipped in 12 For Southwest , Kevin Batiste and Chad Carter each had 19. ECCC Lady Warriors 74 Southwest Lady Bears 56 Eas t Central's Lady Warriors remained undefeat– ed and largely untested for the 1993-94 season , coasting to their nmth con secutive win, most by substantial mar– gins. against the now 2-6 Lady Bears. The Lady Warriors led at halftime 33-19 and bad no trouble the rest of the way. Eleven player!' scor ed for coach Sammy Pace's team, led Rena Rer,d with 12.

DECATUR - Coaches like to say defense wins basket ball games. Tues da y n ight East Cen tr a l Commun it y College coach Mar ty Cooper and h is Warnor team proved it, defensi ng a good Southwest Community College five into an 82-66 victory , the Warriors' eighth of the year against only one loss. For Southwest, it was t he econd loss of the year. The team has won four. ECCC's Lady Warriors also won, defeating Southwest 74- 56. The Warriors , switching constantly from zone to a man-to-man defense and back again, held the Bears without a field goal for more than 10 minutes of the first half and limited them to six baskets out of 23 shots in the initial 20 minutes of play. It took the Warriors a little le ss than 10 minutes to get the1r act together. At that point they trailed Southwest 15-12. From then on, ECCC shut the visitors down, went on a 14-0 r a mpage and took com– mand 26-15. The Bears picked up five free throws in the next 10 minutes but there were only 11 seconds remaining in the half before they hit from the field again. Meanwhile. the Warriors had turned the early 15-12 deficit into a 41-22 halfume lead. "The first ha

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