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JUNIOR COLLEGES . and 10-2, while third-place East Central, 18-5 and 9-3, playing at home, also :figures as a serious championship contender. Jones County, ranked 11th nationally among the men, is the pre tourney favorite but. also could have trouble. The Bobcats lost 93-66 Thursday to Copiah-Lincoln in their final regu– lar-season game. Jones coach Fletch r ll ~\'a~ without two top players, 6-foot-8 forward LOui" Richaroson and 6-3 1/2 forward Curtis Ru,-.ell, who were held

out to avoid aggrav~Ling recent injuries. Jones finished first in theSouth anyv.'a) 3 and 10-2. Nextwere Southwest 1\fi..,::.i · 11 and8-4, and Pearl River, 15·9 and 7-5. The Northeast Mississippi men and " are both seeded No. 1 in the North. The 19-6, and LadyTigers, 16-8, each went 10-– vision play. Holm~s. 19-6, and Northwest Mississtp 3, tied for second amongthe men, both at the Bulldogs are seeded second. The Northwest women were 6econd at and 8-4, and Coahoma third at 16-8 and 7-5 • Tournament schedules, 2C

Ea.<;t Mis!'issippi at Scooba and East Central at Decatur v.ill play host to next week's Mississippi's junior college division basketball tournaments. The top h\O men's and women's finishers in the di\il'ion tournaments, which run Monday through Thw'5day, will advanre to the state championships. The ,tatetournament will be Feb. 20-21 at thesite of the South Di\.1sionwomen's winner. Rcgular-st·Ason champion Pearl River, which i ranked 19th in this week's women's poll, is the fa\oriteto host the state tournament. But Pearl River, 20-4 overall and 11-1 in South pla~ . barely squeezed by Copiah-Lincoln, 18-5

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