1995

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South tourney underway at EC Regular season action came to an end for both East Central Com– munity College basketball teams last week, with the Lady Warriors claiming victories over Gul f Coast and Jones while the men were not, as fortunate, although the Warriors provided quite a scare for the highly ranked Jones Bobcats. leading scorers ~ere Harber and Davis, 9 each; and Genia Griffin and Robinson, apiece. ln men's action, EC fell 80-71 to Gulf Coast and lost a nail-biting 65.Q2 O\'ertime decision to national– ly ranked Jones. Following both losses, the Warriors dropped to 9-16 and 2-10. riors were tied 57-57 at the end of regulation. Jones improved to 22-2 following the hard-fought win. Prince again led EC scorers with 14 points. Other pointmakers were Rasberry, 13; Caples, ll; Hurst, 10; Spencer, Suttles and Viverette, 4 each; and McNichols, 2. EC led 28-25 at halftime. ECCC HOSTS SOUTH TOURNEY

The Lady Warriors, who com– pleted '94-95 competition by posting an 18-5 overall record and 9-3 mark in South Division play, defeated Gulf Coast 76-55 Thurs– day in Perkinston and outscored Jones 63-53 February 6 in Decatur. LaDonna Robinson led Lady Warrior scorers with her 22-point effort. Also scoring were Monica Davis, 20; Dane Vance, 7; Brandi Harber and J .J. Moorehead, 6 each; Jennifer Alexander, 5; Wilma Cooksey, 4; Melody Reed, 3; Sara Hollingsworth, 2; and Christy Madison and Chasity Bounds, 1 each. EC led 30-23 at halftime. Against Jones, Moorehead was top point-getter with 10. Other

Philip Prince led the Warriors against Gulf ~t \\ith 21 points. Also scoring ~ert Eric Caples and Vincent Spencer, 12 each; Bobby Viverette, 7; 0 J. McNichols and Mike Hurst, 6 each; Darvis Rasberl'), 5; and Jamie Suttles, 2. Gulf Coast led 37-27 at intermission. The Jones men, once ranked as high as fourth in the nation, escaped '' ith a three-point ovenime victory after the Bobcat and War-

The Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus serves as site of the MACJC South State Tournament scheduled February 13-16. Finals are set for 6 (women) and 8 p.m. (men) on Thursday. The winner and runner-up of each division ad– vance to the state tournament which will be hosted by the South women's winner February 20-21.

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