1994

WEEK OF

East Central women finish By MARTY STAMPER Oemocral sports editor 28-7 Lady Warriors win three at one point or another."

If you're gomg to spend your spring break in Tyler, Texas, you might as well make the best of it. The East Central Community College Lady Warriors did just that as they won three of four games to place seventh in the ~JCAA Women's Championship Tour– nament. ECCC completed its winningest season in school history with a 28-7 record. "I think the key was desire as far as get– ting to Saturday's game." ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. "We knew that we had to come out and play hard because we wanted to show that we belonged here. "Some of these teams just have some tremendous talent, so we felt like we had to surpass whatever their talent level was with our desire. "We've started five sophomores all year and came off the bench w1th our freshmen . They responded well and we're just proud of all of them. We've got 15 folks and we played everybody during the tournament

Central Arizona had six out-obi.Glel"'£ and another player from Denmark Central Anzona 41 :r1 - -a East Central . 37 3.! - -1 ECCC 68, CASPER (WYO.) 58 : The l--irl \\'arnors used a balanced attacr; Thlll"SGn afternoon to gel their first vJctoJ! aw • ECCC a national tournament. Rena Reed had 15 points, C..arla 14. Evelyn Nelson 12. and Jam,Jla to lead ECCC. ECCC, which took a 39-31 halftime. led by as· much a!'> 13 The Thunderbirds of Casper _ from Monica Gauck and 11 f Peppel. ECCC had a 45-29 r~~· ........... ~

CENTRAL ARIZONA 78, ECCC 71: Central Anzona's Lady Vaqueras came into the March 15 contest with 310 wins and just 22 loss~ since beginning their basketball pro– gram m 1974. While that didn't necessarily scare the Lady Warriors, it did show what they were up agamst. "It was simply a matter of the bigger, stronger team wmning." ECCC coach Sam– my Pace said The 25-7 Lady Warriors trailed by only three <57-541 midway through the second half. but a 7-3 run by the 30-2 Lady Va– queras effectively sealed ECCC's fate as the Lady Warriors got no closer than 68-64. Rena Reed led ECCC with 17 points. Evelyn Nelson had 16 and Monica Davis scored 12. Angela Walker led 30-2 Central Arizona With 20 Unhke Miss1ssippi jucos which have limited themselves to three out-of-staters, \

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