1994

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Ice storm freezes some juco playoffs • Northeast and Northwest women, both 10-1, will vie for the top seed tonight. rector George Green.

St ill to be settled is the site ofthe North tournament.. due to be at Coahoma today through Thursday. It could go instead to East Mississippi in Scooba, scheduled to be host school in 1995, with next year's tourney at Coa– homa. R L. McClellan, state junior college athletic commis sioner, indicated the North tournamen t could start Tuesday or as late as Wednesday and be completed Fri– day or Saturday. T hatdecision should be made today by noon, depending largelyon when the four remaining reg– ular-season games are played. Among the North men, Northeast has top seeding with an 11-0 division record. Second seeding still is up for grabs with Northwest 7-4 and ltawamba 7-5, as is fourth seedingwith East 5-7 an~ Delta 4-7. North women are equally urisettled with Northeast and Northwest both 10-1 and seeking the No. 1 seed, which brings a first-round bye. Coahoma and Delta, SeeJUC0,4C

By Lee Baker Clarion-Ledger Staff Wrtter The South Dh1sionjun;orcollege basketball tourney gets under way today at ~~~mmit a.:; scheduled. But uncertainty about tbe North Division playoff continues with two eL-. of regular-sea:son games, both bearing on seedine, to be pla~ed. Itawamba won men'-. and women's games over East Mississippi Friday. They \\"ere postponed from Thursday by the ice storm that :,truck the northern part ofthe state. Other doubleheaders that v.:ere postponed include Northeast .Mi-.. i.sippi-Northwest Mississippi and Mississippi Delta-Coahoma Northeast athletic director Bill Ward said the Tigers andLadyTiger; will,P.Iav tonight at Senatobia. Coahoma could play a t Delta in Moorhead ifstill un– able to u e its gym. which appears likely to athletic di-

both 2-9, would decide gixth and !'eventh seeding The top two finishers in each clivi– l-IOn advance to nex1.week's state tour· nament Monday and 'I\lesday at the ~•te ofthe North men's winner. Tonight, at Southwest Mississip– pi, playH begins in the South t?ur– nev at 4 p.m. with the No. 3 Hmds w~men facing No. 6 Mississippi Gulf Coast. At 6, the No. 2 Gulf Coast. men meet No. 7 Jones Coun– ty. At 8. the No. 2 Easl Central women and No. 7 Southwest com– plete first night play. Three games Tuesday complete quart.erfinals, with four Wednesday in the semifin al round and two _ Thursday for ;;hampionships.

EAST CENTRAL "' SOUTHWEST41 EASTCENTRAL (11-41- Reed 10, Mor· th~ad 2. Nelson 16, Ellis 7, Hunt~r 6, Lt· !lore 11. Odom 6, Robinson 1, Vance 2. Da ·viii. SOUTHWEST (._17) - Kirby. Johnson '' SIIOwen 13, McCurl~y 1, Brown 11. Do– mlne3 HaiHime- EastCentral36-11

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