1996

WEEK OF

EC's Reed plays 49-point tune on Southwest

Player: Melody Reed School: East Central C Height: 5-11

fer Alexander and Sherrell Gullory . Gulf Coast fell to 2-4 in the South Division. • Gulf Coast men 74, E C 58: The Warriors dropped to 5- 12 overall and 2-4 in the divil>iOn with the Jan. 22 loss at PGrkinston. Gulf Coast led 34-29 at halftime and then posted a 40-29 advantage m the second half. Maurice Bowie leu EC wtth 17 points. Robert Earl Shephard hOO I0. Maurice Jone~ nine, Darvb Rasberry eight, FreJtlie Jowers six. and Jacob Carr six. Gulf Coast •mprmed to 5-1 111 league action. • EC women 100, South– v.cltl 80: ReeJ had -N plllntlt, 18 rebound;;. three :J~o;iw.. ~llld r.,~,·o

the league lead. They were 13-5 tl\ emil and 6- 1 in the South prior to Monday's key league contest at Copiah-Li ncoln. The Warriors lost both of their games as they fell to 5-1 3 and 2-5. • EC women 71 , Gulf Coast 54: The Lady Warriors out~cored Gulf Coast 49-29 in the ~econd half to take the Jan. 22 div•– ston win at Perkinston afler trailing 25-22 at halftime. In improving to 5-l in the South Division and 12-5 overall, EC got 21 points from Melody Rl'l'd, 12 from Mona Owen!>, I0 from Stephanie Houston, six each t rom Pachasia Thompson and 011' 1.1 \1cl1amd. five from Felicta Br.mtk) .md four each from Jenn1-

By MARTY STAMPER Democrat sports editor East Central Community Col lege's Melody Reed was near-perfect in the Lady Warriors 100-80 South Division win over Southwest Thursday night. She wa.' South Division 15 of 17 from (Through Jan. 28) the field :.nl Women 19 of 20 from East Central 6-1 the free-thrO\\ Hinds 5-2 Co-Un 4-2 line en route Jones 3-4 to a can.-er Gulf Coast 2-5 high -N Peart River 2-5 point!>. Southwest 2-5 The La. I) Warrior., t(Klk two South 1),' t'iinn \\in' Ill h't·p

Grade: Sophomore Hometown: Forest

Opponent: Southwest Points: 49 (career high) Field goals: 15 of 17 Free throws: 19 of 20 Rebounds : 18 Assists: 3 Steals: 2 steals as the their South Dtvt~il Thur~day's rout in De.:atur Reed. a 5-foor I . sop from Fore~t. mJde I 1.1 of _ throw~ and v.as 15-ol-1- I floor. See ecce page a

Mona Owens had 14 points :n:l 12 assists. Stephanie Houston tW 12 points. Olivia McDa~el lrl1!d eight points, while J.enrufer Mus– grove scored six. Jenrufer Alexander and Kim Gentry both bad three. EC led 44-23 at halftime arrl never led by less than 10 in the second half. The Lady Warriors improved to 13-5 overall and 6-1 in the division. " Southwest (7-9, 2-5) got 2 8 points from Lakisha Bbddie, 15 from Melissa Johns, and 13 from Paige Conerly. 1 • Southwes t men 78, EC 69: The Warriors trailed 43-3~ at halftime as they lost their ftfth m a row Thursday night in Decatur. EC was led by Robert Earl Shephard with 27 points, 19 of hi h carne in the fLCSt half. w c 0 Maurice Bowie had 18, Ma~ce Jones 10, and Bobby Viverette stx. The Warriors fell to 5-13 overall and 2-5 in the South Div1sion. Southwest (9-9. 3-4) got 27 points from Ke1then Campbell. 15 from Ronme Jackson, and 14 from Rusty Chapman.

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