1995

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Wo s score 60 in second By Robbie Robertson Tre Mend1an Star

the 10:02 mark. "We came out and played good defense in the first half," ECCC head coach Marty Cooper said. "We knew they had a good shooting team but we let up a little in the second half." The Wolves started to fight back and pulled within five at 31-26 as they ended the half on a 7-2 spurt. The Wolves started the second half on a 9-1 run that was capped by a Darron Heckard .;lam at the 17:43 mark to put Co-Lin up 35-32. ECCC went ahead 43-42 on a Maurice Bo......;e dunk at the 13:07 mark. That was the la,.t lead East. Central would see as Co-Lin embarked on a 13- 2 run that saw the Wolve::. get. red hot from the floor and take a 5.:5-45 lead. The Wolves kept on pulling out. front and ran way with the !!arne by outscor– ing East Central 13-1 to take an 80-55 lead with L35 left to pln\ and held on for the wm

"I was disappointed in the wa) \\ e played in the first half and told our kid that we were only down by five d t could have been 25," Co-Lin head Paul Johnson said. "The differe the two halves wa" we started to shots in the second half." Co-Lin's Darron Heckard led ers with 25 points. Robert Shephard led Ea,.t Central "tt points. · Co-Lin (86) - Anton o Bryant 8 Do Fleming 15, Darron Heckaro 25 Josh 4, Timothy Hooker 19 i)ey,ayne. M dd, Benji Sisco 2. Edward 5 th 4 Ja.'lles Thr 6, Charles Ward. East Central (65) - Mau·fCe Bowle 12, Butler 1, Jacob Carr 3 ~.'aunce Jones 2 r=r Jowers 4, O.J. Nichols 4 Mark Nance 10 Rasberry 2 Robert Ear Shephard 13 Viverette 12 CLCC 26 60 - 86 ECCC 31 34 - 65 • Co-Lin women 53. East Centrn1 48: Co-Lin used a strong ,econd half n

DECATUR - Basketball coaches have said for years that to win games, 1t. takes two halves. Never was that more true than at East Central Community College Thursday night when Copiah-Lincoln Community College scored 60 second half points to lake an 86-65 victory over the Warriors. East Central fell to 3-5 on the year and 1-1 in South DivisiOn play while Co-Lln unproved to !5-4 and 1-0. The Wolve,.. doubled the Warriors efforts on the board:-; by oulrebounding Ea!:t Central 40-20. Co-Lin committed 16 turnovers, 11 m the first. half. East Central comm1tted 1! turnovers, nine in the econd half. Co-Lin also blocked five hole: W1th Co-Lm leading 7-4, East Central went on n 17-2 run that was capped bv a Maurice Jones bucket at

n CCC spurt capped by Dayna Kohn's bucket at. the 4:16 mark that gave the Lady Wolves a 30-24 lead. The Lady Wolves took a 32-28 lead into the half. Ea:-;t Central tied the ·game at 36-36 in the second half on an Olivia l\lcDaniel10-footer with 12:17 mark. The Lady Wolves responded by going on a 14-3 run in which the Ladv Warriors went more than 10 minute~ with only one basket, a Jennife Alexander three-pointer, to take a 50- 39lead. East Central actually battled back to within four but go no closer as the Lady Wolves held on for the win. Co-lin (53) - Nikk1 Gray 8, Donna Reed 4, Kasandra Woods 7, Rhonda Lewis 2, Mananna Reeves 12, Demetries Cain 14, Oayna Kohn 6. East Central (48) - Jenn1fer Alexander 5, Mona Owens 6, Melody Reed 15, Pachisia Thompson 5, Ohv1a McDaniel 6, K1m Gentry 9. CLCC 32 21 53 ECCC 28 20 - 48

half to d the boards to hold off East Central in a defensive struggle and take a five-poin t win. Co-Lin moved to 7-2 on the year with the win while East Central fell to 5-3. The Lady Wolves outrebounded the Lady Warriors 42-38. Co-Lin grabbed 24 of those in the second half. East Central committed 16 turnovers while Co-Lin had 14. The Lady Warriors were 8-of-18 from the free throw line while Co-Lin made only 11-of-25 free throws. "We didn't shoot the ball very well," !::.CCC head coach Sammy Pace said. We didn't hit at the free throw line and shot 32 percent from the field. You don't beat a lot of people like that." East Central was paced by Melody Reed who pumped in 15 points while Co-Lin got 14 from Demetries Cain and

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CARTHAG I 12 from Marianna Reeves. S 0 The game was tight for most of the NE H BA 1 first half until Co-Lin went on an 8-1 NEWTON fv... '-'-.J •u..-_____ CLARlON-LEDGER.____ _

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