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time, I thought we could go 6- 5 1 before Christmas). '·If you would have said we v.ould be 10-1, I might have thought Pearl River would be the one to beat us." East Central led by 12, 42- 30. at halftime and built a 17-point advantage at 49-32 two minutes into the second half. The Lady Warriors went cold, though. ECCC missed its next seven shots and committed six turnover s in the next six minutes. Pearl River hit three- the hump." n Pearl River (men ) 83, East Central 69: The Wildcats broke away in the end to take an easy win. East Central trailed by two at 65-63 and 67-65 but couldn't catch PRCC. "Every g~me, it's the same thing - thE! first half," ECCC coach Marty Cooper said. "We were down by 13 against Co– Lin, four against Southwest and 11 against Hinds. "Tonight, we wer e behind by 16." Milton Hillie led East Central with 18 points. Philip

"She's gotten better each game," Pace said. "She knew this was a big game and that we were playing a good ball– club. "She played like a champi– on tonight." Monica Davi s had 19 points of her own as the Lady Warriors improved to 10-1. Sixth-ranked Pearl River C8- 2) had an eight-game winning streak broken. "In a way, I'm very sur– prised," Pace said. "At one straight t hree-pointers. two by Karen Powell, going on a 15-0 run that cut the Warrior lead to 49-47. "We just went in the dump– ster - went in the tank ," Pace said. "! knew that would happen - Pearl River is too good. If you get them down, you have to kick them hard." Karen's siste r , El aine Powell , led PRCC with 32 points. Karen fini shed with 15. "We just couldn' t tie the game up," Kirkland said. "We kept them from scoring for a while but couldn't get over

1 East Central women down ~ sixth-ranked team in nation By A. Stacy Long The Meridian Star DECATUR Polly Kirkland watched a former student hand her a loss Thursday night. Kirkland, a former coach at Union and current women's coach at Pearl River Community College, saw for– mer Lady Yellow Jacket Brandi Harber knock down 8-of-11 three-pointers and score 31 points as East Central downed the Lady Wildcats 75-66. "I have known her since she was four," Kirkland said of Harber. "Her daddy and I coached together and I knew she could shoot. "Tonight, she just had one of those nights." Harber scored East Central's last seven points to wrap up the win. She hit a three-pointer from the left wing with 2:21 left and made 4-of-5 free throws after that. "She was on fire," ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. "She p,layed a tremendous game.' Harber also pulled down six rebounds and handed out two asl:>ists. She earned two steals and turned the ball over just twice. "She was sick and hasn't eaten anything today," Pace said. "I guess it was just ner– vous jitters. They didn't affect her on the floor." Harber made 4-of-5 threes in the first half and scored 16 points. See ECCC, Page 3C

Prince threw in 14, while Darvis Rasberry had 11. The Warriors (5-8) lost their flfth straight. "We had a great effort in the second half," Cooper said. ''They had 45 points at the half but it wasn't because of our defense. "The offense turned the ball over and shot too quick and gave them too many opportunities." Conley Verdun led all scor– ers with 28 points for Pearl River. Omar Nelson had 16, while Donnie J ohnson added 15.