1994

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East By Aaron Derr The Mer dtan Star

them two or three shots each time down the court,·· Cooper :-aid. ~And we didn't attack the press properly, we started just pulling up. Those were the two keys...They definit.ely outplayed us for the last eight min– utes and the overtime.., The Warriors were led bv senior Marcus Mann. who scored a game– high 29 points. Michael Coates added 20 and Anthonv Coleman had 18. Pearl's Torino Edwards scored 2i points and Chris Pittman chipped in 18 for the Wildcats. Bryant Keller of tied the game for Pearl at 83-83 on a dn· .ng layup with :33 left in the game Keller was fouled on the play but missed the free throw and the game went into over– time. Pearl went on a 8-2 run to begin the extra period and \\ ithstood a late ECCC rally. The Warriors Stacy

DECATUR - If a college ba-ket– ball game only lasted 30 mmufes. East Central Community College would have handily defeated Pearl River in their game in Decatur Thursday night. But as it turned out, Pea ! River rallied in the last 10 minutes o regu– lation to send the game into overtime. and eventually beat the ECCC Warriors 98-95. In the women·s game, Pearl River edged East Central in a 85-82 thriller Both games were played in front of a packed gymnasium. ECCC men's coach Mart} Cooper said his team collapged in two areas: failure to control the boards and not attacking the Wildcats' press. '"We stopped boxing out and gave