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By Albert Crowther The Meridian Star

East Central, the state run– nerup, fell to 22-6 while Northwest improved to 20-7. Northwest's Shantell Atkins led all scorers with 26 points. Shelia Bates had 16 points and Felisa Pegues added 13. Monica Davis led East Central with 22 points , Brandi Harber added 11 points and Cyntia Ellis had nine. "East Central has a good inside game," Northwest coach Don Edwards said. "We pressured them and caused some turnovers and wer e able to control the tempo of the game, especially in the sec– ond half." East Central led 4-0 in the first 3:20 of the game before Northwest scored it~ first basket on a three– pointer by Atkins. Northwest came back to take a

DECATUR - After six straight wins and a South Division Title, the Lady Warriors of East Central Community College lost Tuesday night. The Lady Warriors fell to Northwest 69-66 in the finals of the Mississippi Junior College State Tour nament. East Central will enter next week's Region 23 Tournament as the No.2 seed. The Lady Warriors will take on No. 6 seed Coahoma Tuesday. "We did not play good defense against the three-point ~hot," ECCC coach Sammy Pace said after the game. "We did not play good defense tonight, period''

Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star ECCC 's Genia Griffin gets the ball stolen by a Northwest defender Tuesday.

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• Pearl River (men) 96, Copiah-Lincoln 89; Pearl River evened the ~cason senes between the two teams aL two win:s apiece in addition to taking home a state t1tle. The Wildcats lost to Co– Lin in the finals of the South Div1sion Tournament. 88-84. Pearl River jumped out to a 44-23 lead and ledlby 20 at halftime. 46-26. Timothy Hooker lead Co– Lin with 27 pointb . Hanshi·m Simmons had 17 point::; and Nick Dillon and ,Jerry Collins added 12 poinb each. Pearl's Conlcv \ erdun led all scorers wit'h 36 points. Donnie John ... -on had 27 po10ts and Donnell Spriggs added 11.

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