1994

WEEK Or

by Pearl River next Thursday, and Cooper said be expects his team to be over this loss. "I anticipate we'll bounce back and be ready to play Thursday," he said. • P earl River (women ) 85, East Central 82: Pearl withstood a late East Central rally to defeat the Lady Warriors. come back and play well. Our sea– son's not over yet, and I foresee play– ing Pearl River again." Pearl led the game 83-76, but the Lady Warriors scored six points in a row, four by Davis, to close within a point.

wep ..l<>speration three– -er. game 44-36 at half- red in control until nd half. ~ l\ ent on an 11-4 run ond half. keyed by r ed his team's first

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ECCC led time and a the end of the The Warn to begin the Mann. who nine point, .

The Lady Wildcat's Laveta Willis made two clutch free t hrows to give Pearl River a "three-point lead , and ECCC turned the ball over in their a ttempt to set up what would have been a last-second game-tying three– pointer. The Lady Wildcats jumped out to a 16-10 lead early in the game, but the contest would eventually be tied at 20-20. Pearl River then went on a 17- 9 run to take a 37-29 halftime lead. Pearl River led by as many as 11 in the s econd half before ECCC mounted a comeback that failed in the final seconds.

ECCC got 24 points from Monica Dane in the losing cause, while Carla Leflore added 17 and Rena Reed had 10. Pearl was carried by Elaine Powell, who seemed to have an answer to every Lady Warrior rally. Powell scored 34 points in her team's win. ECCC coach Sammy Pace said his team broke down at times on offense and broke down often on defense. '"Pearl River came to play, and we just came to be watched, I guess," Pace sai d. "I hope we respond and

But the -il dcat' gradually chipped a\\a\ the lead and finally tied it at 1 , 1 ECCC led 78-69 before Pearl t on an 11-3 run to even the ~core The game virtua lly trad led bv a~ an with each team ba!-kets until Pearl ch a, 23-18. The a 31-30 lead on a ' Coates. Coleman n virtually carried eir eight-point half- ECCC doe, ot play agai n until Warri-or s too th r ee-poi nter and Coa t es t their team to time lead

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