1994

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23; advance to Nationals

The East Central Communrty College Lady Warners celebrate their Region 23 championshtp following Thursday's 66-62 win over Pearl River in Clinton ECCC will make tts ftrst appearance in the NJCAA Diviston I women's national

tournament on Tuesday at Tyler, Texas. Cyntia Ellis six, Jama la Odom and Monica Davis four each, and I..aDon– na Robinson and Dane Vance one each. Reed and Nelson were both nam– ed to the All-Region 23 team. Karen Powell had 16 for Pearl River which finished 26-5. East Central . . . . .... 44 22 - 66 Pearl River ........... 32 30 - 62 ECCC WOMEN 88, HOLMES 87 (OT): ECCC needed a minor miracle to survive the March 1 qua r terfinal contest. The Lady Warriors trailed 51-39 at halftime and had to get three– pointers from Monica Davis and Jamala Odom in the final minute of regulation just to get to overtime. The Lady Warriors then proceed– ed to fall behind 81-77 early in overtime. Rena Reed's two free throws with three seconds left gave ECCC the win. Reed led 23-6 ECCC with 20 points. Evelyn Nelson scored 17, Carla Leflore 14, Memory Hunter 13, Davis 11, Odom 10, and Dane Vance three "I said all along that of the three

first half in which they trailed by as much as 17 (45-28) before going into halftime down 45-30. ECCC and the Bulldogs were tied at 14-14 before Gulf Coast went on a 16-4 run. The Warriors started the second half with a vengeance, as a three– point play from Cederic Sledge and a basket from Eric Morgan brought them to within 45-39. The Bulldogs then went on a seven-point run before ECCC got to within 64-60 on a three-pointer from Michael Coats. ECCC got to within the final two– point margin as time ran out. The 23-5 Warriors were led by Marcus Mann's 35 points, 23 of which came in the second half. An– thony Coleman added 16 points. Both were named to the All-Region 23 team. Coats had five points and Sledge scored three. Gulf Coast, 19-6, got 15 points from Sam Bowie, 12 from Robert Wilker– son, and 10 from Ricky Evans. Gulf Coast was eliminated the next night with a 73 56 loss to even– tual champion Bossier Parish. East Central . . 30 38 - 68 Gulf Coast ........... 45 25 - 70

Holmes with 36 points, while Candi Coggins added 15. East Central 39 38 11 - 88 Holmes . 51 26 10- r57 ECCC WOMEN 94, NORTHWEST 84: The Lady Warriors took a 48-34 lead into halftime of the March 2 contest behind 14 points from Evelyn Nelson, 10 from Monica Davis, seven from Rena Reed, and six from J.J :\1oorchead. Northwest got to within 15-67 before Memory Hunter made a pair of free throws with 4:43 remaining to increase the lead back to 10. The Lady Rangers closed to within 85-79; but Carla Leflore con– verted a three-point play with just over a minute left. Reed and Hunter both added two free throws to stretch the lead back to 11. Nelson led the Lady Warriors with 22 points. Reed scored 18, Leflore had 15, and Hunterfinished with 12. Shantell Atkins had 20 points for 23-5 !'Jorthwest, while Bosnian ex– change student Alisa Zustra added 15 points. East Central . . 48 46 - 94 Northwest 34 50 - 84 GULF COAST MEN 70, ECCC 68: The March 1 season-ending loss for the Warriors boiled down to a lousy

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