1998

EC women pop Pearl River

By MARTY STAMPER l>rnwcrar S]lflrh rclitnr

APP LAK sec UN I< WIN • pinh-IJncoln men 57, EC 53: The War- ed 25-23 at halftime before losing the Jan. th DJVt ton contest in Decatur. rt Montgomery led the 9-9 Warriors with n Gtlbcrto Venzen scored 12, Ken Russell 1ght, Dnnielle .Johnson had five, and ond Reed and Toronto Parker both scored (I r Jtmmy Walt.on had 14 for the 10-7 Wolves. Ben Adam scored 12, while Blake Case and Broderic McCoy both had 11. • EC women 88. Penrl River 82: The Lady \\arnors led b\ mu h ns 16 points in avencinc a 11 ~ Ri: in..Ihurs 4 •'1eole Rarrett led thl' 12-61..adj Warrior::. "'"~th 25 points. \'end app cored 15. harae Brown and Philadelphia's Marina Carter both had 11. Ellake Murray cored nine, .Jamie Floyd bad eight, and Chntissn Williams added seven. Norma Noel led 11-6 Pearl River with 28. Datishella Byrd had 19 and Jasmine Baldwin scored 15. • Pearl River men 65, EC 62: The Warriors again had their rhanres hut let them slip away in losing Thursday's division contest in Decatur. Pearl Rtv<'r IC'd 28-27 at halfhme, but EC took a 55-51 lead on a layup by Ray Waddell. The Wildcats !'cored 14 of the final 21 points for the win. Herbert Montgomery led 9-10 EC with 20 point~:~. Gilherto V1•nzPn scored 16, Ken Russell CLA."' ..., , "'~~- - 'J'"' .... '----------- E The Lady Wtm·wrs prcn·ided East Central Community College with its only win in last week's ba kethall nrtiun as they upset Pearl River Thursday nighl to improve to 12-6. The Warriors lost a pair of heartbreakers by four and three point.~ aA they fell to 9-10. • Cop inh-Lincoln women 78, EC 69: The Lady Warrior fell to 3-3 in the South Division \nth the Jan 20 lo sin Decatur. Co-Lin led 40-36 at halftime. j~tcole Barrett of t ort.on led 11-6 EC with 28 porn h ro Brown scored 11, Ellake Murray had ntn D nt c Chapman and Wendy Mapp bo d nd Chari. sa Wil1iams tossed in fi

EC's Toronto Parker (25) shoots a running one– hander in a recent game. had 13, Waddell had five , and Danielle Johnson scored four. Wylie Kirby led Pearl River with 15. Marcus Mackey had 14 and'Geremy Robinson added 13. • Warrior notes: ECCC will host "Be Our Guebt Ntght" on Feb. 5 during the EC-Hinds games All area high school seniors are encour– aged to attend. Free tickets are available from district high school counselors. The women's game tips off at 6 p.m. and the men's at 7:45. Freshman guard Demando Mingo of Choctaw Central IS lost for the remainder of the season after suffering a broken foot in practice.

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