1994

WEEK OF

JUCO PLAYOFFS Verdun's shot lifts Wildcats By Lee Baker Clarion-ledger Staff Writer SUMMIT - Women 's play in the South Division tournament Wednesday went without s urprises as No.1 seed Pearl River and No. 2 East Cent ral advanced without great difficulty to their final tonight at 6 in Southwest Mississippi CC's Horace Holmes Gym. But No.3 Pearl River nippedNo. 2 Mississippi Gulf Coast by a point among the men to face No. 1 East Central, a winner by 3 over Copiah– Lincoln, in the men's final at 8. All four finalists move on to the state tourneyMonday andTuesday. Pearl Rivermen 70 1 GulfCoast 89: Conley Verdun's missed shot with 10 .second s left s eem ingly doomed Pearl River to another nar– row loss to MGC. But Torino Edwards promptly stole the ball away and flipped it to Verdun, who bit his second try for the game-Y.>inner. ''Our shooters didn't shoot, our rebounders didn't rebound," said MGC coach Bob Weathers, whose Bulldogs earlier beat PRby 13 and3 point margins. "Mainly, our free– throw"hootingwas atrocious.·• Edwards had 23 points for the 'rudcah 19-7. Gulf Coa:>t. 18-6, t :ha:i ~Bowie with 18. East Central men M , Copiah– l .llliCOllll 81: ~eldom did a point or te the two teams until eoneoftwo ~ wnn a minute left for a 5 sec– t>T two free throws putti!lg EC up 64-59. East Central, 21-3, bad Coleman with 19 and Miller with 15. For Co– Lin, 16-10, Darwin Brown bad 24. Pearl River women 87, Jones County 58: The top-seeded La(iy Wildcats broke away 35-19 by half– time, only to be pushed to the finish by never-give-up J ones.' Elaine Powell led PR, 21-4, y..jth 32 points, four 3-pointers amongher 11 fi eld goals. Jon es Coun ty, 12-13, had Kawana Thigpen y..jth 18. East Central women 90, Hinds 76: Latina Edwards poured in 33 points for Hinds, but East Central stayed comfortably in command. R.ena Reed ledEast Central, 21-5, with 25 points. Hinds, 20-7, had

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