1995

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WEEK OF

Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star t Centra l's Melody Reed (left) gets tripped by a Jones player while J.J. Moorehead (right) shoots against the Bobcats. y Warriors pound Jones

test will come Thursday at Gulf Coast in the final regu– lar-season game. The Warriors will host the South State Tournament next week starting Monday. "I was real pleased with the outcome," ECCC women's coach Sammy Pace satd. "Jones has a good ball– club. They can beat anybody in the South Division. They have a lot of good athletes." Former Union High School standout guard J .J. Moorehead led the Lady Warriors with 10 points. Guard Brandi Harber, also from Union, and Monica Davis each finished with nine points and Genia Griffin and LaDonna

Robinson had eight points apiece. Every player on the ECCC roster got to play in the con– test and nine different peo– ple sco~ed. Melody Reed led East Central in rebounds with 11, Griffin pulled down eight boards and !Mvis grabbed seven. ECCC improved to 17-5. • Jones (men) 65, East Central 62 (OT): The Warriors fell to 9-15 overall and 2-9 in the South Division. But they didn't go down without giving the Bobcats a scare. Phillip r ~;nce poured in a team-high points, Darvis

Rasberry had 13 points, Eric Caples scored 11 points and Mike Hurst added 10. "Last time we played them, they beat us 110-77 at Jones," East Central coac h Marty Cooper s~id,. "I'd say we showed a btg Improve– ment. "Our inside guys played a great defensive game. Hurst is 6-foot-4 and Caples is 6-3. They had to guard (players who were) 6-9 and 6-6." The game was tied 57-57 at the end of regulation. Jones had a chance1 to win the game in regulation but Antonio Hubbnrd's sho t missed the mark. Hubbard scored 27 points to lead the Bobcats.

East Central umty College Lady ~ -..howed their scor– ance against visiting Junior College y ni ht. EC C women had five rent players hit a total three-pointers to help a 63-53 victory over y Bobcat:-:. e Ea .. t Central men's htch has ~truggled at this ~eason, put her a tremendous l\·e effort against -ranked ,Jones but suc– ed to the Bobcats in e 65-62. Central's next con-