1994

WEEK OF

Lady Warriors Advance To National Tourn·ament

ing regular season competition (85-82 and 105-101 in double– overtime). Other scorers besides Reed were Carla Leflore, 14; Evelyn Nelson, 10; Memory Hunter, 7; Cynthia Ellis, 6; Jamala Odom and Monica Davis, 4 each; and LaDonna Robin– son and Dane Vance, 1 each. Reed and Nelson were named AD Region 23 and were earlier selected first teamAll-State. East Central advanced to the fi– nals by defeating Northwest (94-84) in semi-final action and Holmes (88-87 OT} in first-round competition. Evelyn Nelson led the EC attack against Northwest with 22 points. Other top SCOTCJS were Rena Reed, 18; Carla Leflore, 15; and Memory Hunter, 12. The Lady Warriors led 4844 at halftime. With the game as well as the season at stake, Rena Reed fulfilled every basketball player's dream as she sank two free throws wil.h three seconds remaining wluch gave EC an 88-87 overtime wm against Holmes. The Lady Warriors, who trailed

throughout most of the contest, sent l.he matchup into overtune with back-to-back three pointers launched by JaJ!lala Odom and Mo– nica Davis whase efforts deadlock the game at 77-77. On the evening, Reed had 20 points followed by Evelyn Nelson's 14 and Memory Huterwith 13. Holmes led 51-39 at halftime. Another successful campaign came to a close for Marty Cooper's Warriors who dropped a 70-68 deci– sion to Gulf Coast in first-round tournament competition. , Marcus Mann led EC with 35 P<>ints. Other scorers were Anthony Coleman, 16; Michael Coats, 5; Ccderic Sledge, 3; Eric Morga!} and Stacey Miller, 2 each; and Anthony Huddleston, 1. GulfC

It was a double-sweet \'ictory for East Central Community College coach Sammy Pace and his women's basketball team whose 66~2 victory over arch-rival Pearl River Thursday night at Mississippi College not only avenged four earlier losses but gave the Lady Warriors their first-ever Region 23 championship! The Lady Warriors will now take their 25~ recoo1 to the National NJCAA Women's Tournament which gets underway the week of March 14 at Tyler (Texas) Junior College. East Central begms com– petition in the double-elimination tournament at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, against either Central Arizona or Utah who are still in– volved in region tournament action. Fmals are set for Saturday, March 19. • Led by Rena Reed's 19 points, East Central stayed mostly m com– mand of the Lady Wildcats who ended the season with a 26-5 mark under Polly Kirk:Jand. EC led 44-32 at halftime. The Lady Wildcats had earlier defeated East Central in the finals of the State (79-64) and South Division (78-76) tournaments, and twice dur-

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