1994

. l ECCC Lady Warriors Win NJCAA Consolation Championship Foll~wing their seven point loss to solation bracket · each· c ·yn thia Ellis 3· d Da · 2 perennial power Central Arizona ' . • an vtS • during first-round action of the In their win over Independence for .Stacy N~bttt led the Lady Danes women's National Junior College the consolation title. Carla Leflore wtth 33 pomts. Basketball Tournament held in Tyl- paced East Central with 18 points.

The Lady Warriors led 42-41 at halftime. Reed ~o led East Central against Casper wtth 15 points. Also scoring were Nelsonand Leflore, 14 each; Odom, 10; Davis, 6; Vance 2 and Ellis, 1. . ' EC led 39-31 at halftime. In their opening-round lose to C~ntral Arizona, Lady Warrior pomtmakers were Reed, 17; Nelson, 16; Davis, 12; Hunter, 8; Odom, 7 ; ·Leflore and Vance, 4 each and Ellis 2. •

er, Texas, East Central head coach Also scoring wee Rena Reed. 17; Sammy Pace commented his Lady Monica Davis 13: Evelyn Nelson Warriors were determined to prove and Memory Hunter, 10 each; Dane they belonged in the 16-team com- Vance, 2; andJamala Odom, 1. petition. They obviously proved Reed was one of only 10 players much more as the East Central selected on the All-Tournament women defeated Independence Team. {Kansas) 71-62 Saturday afternoon East Central, which led 34-30 at to win lhe Consolation Champion- halftime, also held a 37-22 rebound ship and a sevenlh place finish in lhe advantage over the Lady Pirates who nation! ended the season wilh a 30-6 mark. The Lady Warriors:-who ended Independence finished fourth in last 1993-94 competition with a 28-7 year's tournament

Against Truett-McConnell in se~i-final action, Odom's field goal

record, earlier defeated Truett- · McConnell (Georgia) 85-84 on Fri-

Central Arizona led 41-37 at

day and Casper (Wyoming) 68-58 on wtth four seconds lifted East Central halftime. Thursday to advance to lhe consola- to the one-point victory.

~e Lady Warriors advanced to therr ftrst-ever appearance in the Nationals by defeating Pearl River 66-62 for the Region 23 (MS-LA) championship.

tion fmals. East Central fell 78-71 to

Reed led lhe Lady Warriors with 25 points, followed by Nelson with 23; Leflore 16; Odom and Hunter, 8

Central Arizona on March 22 which placed the Lady Warriors in the Con-

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