1994

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East Central women upset Pe • Bossier Parish takes out Northwest in men 's final 82-81. By Lee Baker Clarlon·L.clgarStaffWriter

WHAT'S NEXT The Region 23 men's and women's champ1ons advance to the national junior college tournaments. Then men's tournament will be held in Hutchinson, Kan.; the women's in Tyler, Texas. Both tourna– ments run March 15-19. Blake, who scored 22 points, missed four crucial free throws in the last minute. T he East Central women broke ahead 8-4 before a personal f9ul call swiftly followed by a technical foul on Pearl River standout Elaine Powell provic\ed a hint of what awaited in the remaining36 minutes.·

CLINTON- Losing to Pearl River four times was as much as East Central's Lady Warriors could stand. So in their fifth meeting Thursday, for the Region 23 women's junior college champions hip, East Central came out a 66-62 winner. Even closer was the men's final with Bossier Parish (La.) pulling out an 82-81 win over Northwest when Phillip Kennedy made one of two free throws with 10 seconds left. Northwest got two chances before time ran out, but Sanchez Blake missed a jumper from the lane and Pat– rick Hailey a putback attempt.

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