1995

WEEK OF

Pearl River, Northwest lay claim , By Lee Baker Cl•rton-ledger St•tt Writer mons 17, Nick Dillon and Jerry Collins 12 each.

JUNIOR COLLEGE STATE TOURNAMENT

Northwest Mississippi came dangerous– ly close to letting a seemingly sure win slip away before SinnieTillman provided icing3 seconds from the finish for a 69-66 win over East Centrhl. The homestanding Lady Warriors, after falling behind by 15 in the late going, pulled to within a point with 3 seconds left on Brandi Harber's 3-pointer. The clock at that point ran out, precipi– tating a hot appeal from EC coach Sammy Pace. The clock is supposed to stop after a score in the last 2 minutes. East Central's Genia Griffin then was

DECATUR - State championship~ brought out the best in a quartet not expect– ed to reach the final. '. But after regular-season division cham– pions were cleaned away before Tuesday's windup, two brilliant battles for t he titles found the Pearl River Wildcats and North– west Mississippi Lady Rangers finishing atop the heap. Pearl River broke away to a 20-point lead by halftime but not until the final minute did the 'Cats sack their first state title in 30 years, holding offCopiah-Lincoln's Wolves 96-89.

" I never felt comfortable until Donnie Johnson's jam (with 3 seconds left)," PR coach Richard Mathis said. The Wildcats raced out to a 10-2lead the first couple of minutes to go up 20 at the break beforeCo-Lin closed to within 6 in t he closing seconds. For PR, 20-10, Conley Verdun had 36, Johnson 27 and Donnell Spriggs 11. Co-Lin, 17-13, was led by Timothy Hooker with 27, all but one the second half; Haashim Sim-

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