1995

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Lady Wolves face balanced field By Lee Baker Clarion-Ledger Steff Writer

JUCOPLAYOFFS East Central," Young said of the third-seeded Lady Warriors, 9-3, 18-5. "But no one will br easy. Basically every game will be tough. "Southwest showed that- 5-18 for the season, but losing by a point to Pearl River, which lost in the South only to East Central." There is not much to choose between theSouth wom– en's topthreeofftheirrecords- Pearl River, 11-1,21-4, Co-Lin and East Central, Young added, but nothing comes easy in the league. "North and South all the teams are well balanced, so there are no pushovers," Youngsaid. "Pearl River prob– ably stands out above all the others because of Elaine Powell, maybe the best player in the nation as well as the state. "A great scorer, certainly, but unselfish, too, always willing to give up the ball to a teammate with a better shot. Yet even with her, Pearl River has lost, which shows me the league really is strong." His LadyWolves' success hinges on team balance, re– flected in eight W. nine players used in trying times, "with the bench real good at coming in and doing the job," Young said. Leading Co-Lin is LaTassela Covington of Roxie "'ith 16.9 scoring and 6. 7 rebounding averages. · · • Complete pairings, 2C

North and South Division junior college basketball playoffs open today with top seeds sitting out the first two days. Not until Wednesday do the Northeast Mississippi men and women come onto the court in the North semi– finals at East Mississippi in Scooba, just as the .Jones County men and Pearl River women take their ease un– til then at East Central in Decatur. Probably just as well, particularly for the Jones County Bobcats, only two weeks ago ranked No.4 nationallyv.1th a 21-1 record Since then the 'Cats ofcoach Fletcher Cockrell lost two of their last three games, dropping to 11th in last week's poll and likely to fall even deeper this week. But Cockrell, after a recent run of injurie:s, should have his teJ'llll at full strength by the South semifinals Wednesdayagainst Tuesday's survivor between fourth– seeded Mississippi Gulf Coast and No. 5 Copiah-Lin– cob. Co-Lin closed out the regular season crushing Jones County 93-66. Co-Lin's second-seeded Lady Wolves, 10-2 South, 18-5 overall, lead offSouth women's play today at 6 p.m. against No.7 GulfCoast, last in the regular season with a 1-11 division record. Only North cellar dweller Mississippi Delta at 0-12 did worse among state jucos, but Lady Wolves coach Gwyn Young suggests caution in taking anything for granted. "Hardest part ofthis tournament might be playing at

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