1995

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East Central women place

• Lady Warriors hope to successfully defend Region 23 championship this week at MC.

ECCC scoring averages Monica Davis ............ 1~.1 Melody Reed .. . ....... . . 11 .0 LaDonna Robinson ........ 9.6 Brandi Harber ............ 9.3 J.J. Moorehead ........... 5.9 Genia Griffin ............. 5.6 Cyntia Ellis ........ . ..... 5.3 Dane Vance .............. 4.0 Wilma Cooksey . .... . ... . . 2 .9 Christy Madison . . ....... 2 .9 J ennifer Alexander ........ 2.6 Chasity Bounds . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Sara Hollingsworth ........ 1.2 ecce offense .. .. ... ..•79.2 Opponents' offense .. ... 66.0 Wilma Cooksey each bad two. Melissa Spears Jed 17-10 Northeas t with 19. Vicky Wyatt had 15, while Tara Green scored 11, and Valerie Wright had 10. Northeast . . . . . . . . 36 44 - 80 East Central . . . . . 56 51 - 107 NORTHWEST WOMEN 69, ECCC 66: The Lady Wa rriors rallied from a 15-point deficit with five minutes remaining to within 67-£6 with three seconds left but were unable to com– plete the comeback in the Feb. 21 tit– le game. Trailing 62-47 with five minutes left, EC got to within 62-57 with 1:30 showing on back-to-back 3-pointers by Brandi Harber. Monica Davis added a pair of free throws to trim the ga p to 62-59 before Northwest scored on consecutive layups to push its lead to 66-59. Cyntia Ellis hit a 3 with three seconds left to pull the Lady Wa r– riors to within 67-£6. After a pair of Northwest free

Region 23 Tournament at Mississippi College Feb. 27 noon - Holmes (21·8) men vs Bos– sier Pansh 1:45- Meridian men vs Northeast (21-7) 6:00 - Pearl River (20-10) men vs Northwest (21-4) 8:00 - Copiah-Lincoln (17-13) men vs. Jones (22-4) Feb. 28 noon- Northeast (17-10) women vs. Mary Holmes 1:45 - East Central (22-6) women vs. Coahoma (17-9) 6:00 - Holmes (16-10) women vs. Northwest (20-7) 8:00 - Pearl River (22-6) women vs. Copiah-Lmcoln (19-6) Wednesday noon - East Central-Coahoma women's winner vs. Northeast-Mary Holmes winner 1:45 - Pearl River-Northwest men's winner vs. Meridia n-Northeast winner 6:00 - Northwest-Holmes women's winner vs. Pearl River-Co-Lin winner 7:45 - Jones-Co-Lm men s w1nner vs. Bossier Parish-Holmes wmner · Thursday 6:00 - women's championship 7:45 ~ men's championship throws, EC inbounded the ball ~ith a s hor t pass and could manage no more than a three-quarters length heave at the buzzer. Davis led 22-£ EC with 24 points. Har ber had 11, Ellis nine. La Donna Robinson eight, J .J Moorehead six,

By MARTY STAMPER Democrat sports ed1tor

The East Central Community Col– lege Lady Warriors reached the fina ls of the state basketball tourna– ment where they dropped a three– point decision to Northwest on Feb. 21 in Decatur. The 22-£ Lady Warriors opened play in the Region 231burnament at Mississippi College against 17-9 Coahoma Tuesday afternoon. U they won that contest, the Lady War riors will play the Nort heast-Ma r y Holmes winner a t noon today. The fina ls are set for Thursday at 6 p.m. The winner of tht- regional ad– vances to the NJCAA national tour– nament in Tyler, Texas, Ma rch 13-18. ECCC WOMEN 107, NORTHEAST so: All 13 Lady Warriors scored in the Feb. 20 semifinal mauling of Northeast. The Lady Warriors al– ready had a 2o-point lead (56-36) by halftime as they scored a season– high 107 points. Brandi Harber scored 23 points, including an 11 of 11 effort at the free-throw line to lead 22-5 EC. Monica Davis scored 16 points, Cyntia Ellis added 15, LaDonna Robinson 12, Melody Reed nine, Chris ty Madison seven, Dane Vance s ix, Genia Griffin and Chasity Bounds both had five, and Sara Holl– ingswor th three, while Jennifer Alexander, J.J. Moorehead, and

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