1994

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ECCC men take South Division title with win over Pearl River The East Central

jumper and a layup with less than two minutes to play to put the Warriors ahead 68-67. Mann, who scored 25 points, hit what turned out to be the winning layup late in the con– test . East Centr a l improved t o 22-3. Pearl River fell to 19-8. The Wildcats were led by Conley Verdun's 18 points. • Pearl River (women) 78, East Central 76: The Lady Warriors trailed by as many as five points late in t he game but came back to cut the lead to 77-76 in the closing sec– onds. ECCC (21-6) will advance to the state tournament as the South runner-up. Pead River improved to 22- 4 with the win.

Monica Davis led the Lady Warriors with 17 points while Elain e P owe ll poured in a game-high 40 points for the Lady Wildcats. • Nort4east Mississippi CC (men ) 7 1, East Mississippi CC 68: East Mississippi squelched a 19- point lead in the second half and wound up falling to the Tigers in the semifinals of the North Division Tournament at Senatobia. Nor theast improved to 22-4 an d will play Northwest for the North Division title -tonight. East Mississippi was led by Marcus Talley's 14 points . Grant Gardner and Todd Sor;rell scored 15 points apiece for Northeast.

Community College men's bas– ketball team moved a step closer to claiming the state championship Thursday night by taking a 70-67 victory over Pearl River in the South Division Championship game at Southwest Mississippi Community College. The Warriors will travel North Monday to play in the state tournament against the winner of tonight's North Division tournament champi– onship. The Wildcats led for much of the second half after trailing by three points, 36-33 at the half. But East Central rallied behind the play of Stacy Miller and Marcus Mann. Miller hit a

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