1995

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ECCC reaches So By Albert Crowther The Mendian Star • East Central (women) 70, Co-Lin 64: The first half v. as played in spurts by both teams.

East Central scored the first six points of the game before Co-Lm scored the next nine to go up by three. East Central tied the score at 13-13 with 7:48 left in the first half and agam at 23-23 with 2:10 to go until the intermission. East Central led 27-25 at the half. "I thought we played with great intensity on offense and defense," Lady Waniors' coaCh Sammy Pace said. "Every player that I substituted into the game got into the flow easily." Free throw :>hooting hurt Co-Lin in the first half. The Lady Wolves made just 8 of 15 and East Central hit 4 of 7 "\Ve missed too many free throws," Co-Lin coach Gwyn Young said. "We did not play good defense and we fouled too much." With the score tied at 38-38 midway through the second half. East Central went on an 11-2 run to break out to a 49-40 lead with 10 minutes remaining. The Lady Wamors led by as many as 10 points, 56-46 when guard Brandi Harber nailed a three– pointer. Co Lin cut the lead to four points on three different occastons at 58-54, 60-56 and the last

DECATUR- The showdown is set once again. The East Central Community College Lady Warriors will get another chance to knock off top– seeded Pearl River in the finals of the Mississippi Junior College South Division Townament. ECCC, the tournament's No. 3 seed , reached today's championship game by knocking off second– seeded Copiah-Lincoln Community College 70-64 in Decatur Wednesday. The Pearl River women held off a late rally by Jones County Junior College Wednesday to claim a 72-69 victory. East Central upset Pearl River at home Dec. 8, 1994 and Pearl River won the second meeting in Poplarville J an. 30. In other tournament action, the Jones County men's team, ranked No. 13 in the nation and seed– ed first in the tournament, was upset by ::-.lo. 5 seed Co-Lin, 73-66. The Wolves will face third-seeded Pearl River in the today's finals. The Wildcats knocked offsecond– seeded Southwest 71-61 Wednesday. The women's finals begin at 6 p .m. and the men's championship game will tip off at 8 p.m.

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