1994

WEEK OF

War i rs dee Bobca s By Larry Shoultz The t.Je• a a'"' Sta· DECATCR - It took the East Central Community College men's bac;ketball team a little longer to get started Monday night against \'isiting J ones Countv. 'I'he Warriors struggled enrly in the game but rallied to defeat the Bobcats 74-56, overcommg a five-point halftime deficit. 'I'he Lady Warriors also earned a vic– tory over J ones County, defeat– ing the Lady Bobcats 96-80 Forward Anthom· Col<•man exploded for 24 points for the Warriors (18-1, 8-0) and team– mate Marcus Mann finished with 13 points and 11 hoards after scorin!! ju~t two point<: in the first half East Central fell behjnd 20-6 at the midwa; point of the first half but battled back to get to "ithln five points at 32- 27 before the mtermiss10n "I reallv didn't like our slow st a r t," ECCC coach Marty Cooper said. "I don't think they came ready to play. ~But m the second half "'e made "orne adjustments in our zone oflense to get p~ople in mpre effective places for their shots." The change did the Warriors some good. East Central railed off a 16-5 run to stan the econd half and ta ke a 43-37 lead. "East Cent ral has probably six of its top se,·en player:- who are sophomores," Jones coach Fletcher Cockrell said. ''\\'c have mostly freshmen in our lineup. East Central knows ho\\ to wm. "I t hough t we played w1th good intensity in the fin;t half but we didn't come out. in the second half with the same pres– sure." J ones County's Carlos Ander on, a shooting guard who wa s s tarted at point guard Monday night led his team with 17 points. Ra) Bolton scored 12 a nd Elijah Hibley, who came

is he d with four board::,. 'I'he J ones County defense "'as relentless early in the game, holding t he Warriors to e1ght pointR in the first 12:02 of the game and holding :'\1ann to JUSt one basket in the first half. But East Central caught fire in the second period, led by Coleman and Mann. "Coleman pro\'ided much of the scoring punch. geltmg all but six of his points in the final 20 minutes \\ hile ~lann got the bulk of the rebounds. ECCC took the lead for good \\ith 16:35 to go in the contest. A layup by Coleman with 15:35 left gave t he War riors a 17-34 advantage. They never trailed in the game again • East Cen tral (wom en ) 96 , J o n es 80: The Lady Warriors earned another wi n by dominating the backboards, out– rebou nd ing th e Lady Bobcats 40-21. ECCC's Carla Leflore led h er team w1th 25 pomts. Teammate Evelyn Nelson scored 17 points and ·added a game – high 11 r ebounds, Ren~ Reed finished \\ith 15 points and five rebounds and Dane Vance had 13 points and seven rebounds. Monica Davis scored eight points and pulled d0\.\"11 nine rebounds. The Lady Bobcats were led by Demse Smith 's 29 points. Rosalyn Weathersby scored 22 poin t s a nd Kim Dr ummon d added 10 points. · J ones t.ook an early 8-3 lead but were overtaken about mid– way t h rough the first half. East Central rook a 13-12 lead wit h 13:52 to' go in the half on a three-point play from Vance.

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