1994

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Jones scores 37 in Northeast win; • Bossier Parish men and the Northwest women also win on opening day. By Lee Baker Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer REGION 23 Monday's women's scores back with 30 seconds left. but never could catch up after Northeast broke a 55-55 tie midway through the second half.

The Indians were without Chris McGhee. a 6-foot-6 freshma n forward lta\\amba coach Wayne Newsom rated ''probabl} our best player shooting and reboundin~ ince Christmas." He was declared schola.sticalh ineligible this week. Northeast, 26-4, also had Todd : rreU with 15 points and Anthony Dil..,orth'" 10. Itawamba, 11 -15, had Dustin \\ righ with 17 points and Greg Morri~ and Bradd Ball wit,b 13 each. Bossier Pariah men 84, Pearl River 83: T orin o Edwards' last-second s h rimmed off to end the Wildcats' last grasp for the win. With each team making 20 2-pointers and four 3-pointers, victory hinged on Boss– ier hitting 12 of22 free throws to PR's 11 of 18. Wildcats coach RichardMathis said "too

Northwest 65, Meridian 59 Pearl River 71, Co-Lin 62 Monday's men's scores Bossier Parish 64, Pearl River 63 Northeast 86, ltawamba 77 Today's women's games Hinds vs. Northeast, noon East Central vs. Holmes, 6 p.m. Today's men's games Delgado vs. Northwest, 1:45 p.m. East Central vs. Gulf Coast, 7:45p.m. Pontae Jones, the Tiger win came from "people offthe bench stepping up and mak– ing the difference," ortheast coach Mike Lewis said. Itawamba baUledto the end, three poin ts

CLINTON - Region 23 j unior college play, after no opening day surprises, com– pletPs quarterfinals today in Mississippj College's Golden Dome. T he top-seeded Northeast Mississippi men and top-seeded Pearl River women ad– vanced off nine-point wins, along with the Bossier Parish men and Northwest Missis– sippi women. Hinds and Northeast women lead off to– day at noon, Delgado (La.) and Northwest men foUow at 1:45 p.m., then East Central and Holmes women at 6 and East Central and GulfCoast men at 7:45. Northeast men 88, ltawamba 77: De– spite 37 points from freshman s uperstar

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