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EC drops pair at Copiah-Lincoln By MARTY STAMPER Democrat sports editor --- The basketball teams at lead tn t.he Feb. 9 bunecourt loss. Herbe rt ~~ n me ry of

off with second-seeded Gulf Coast Monday night, while the fourth-seeded Lady Warriors drew No. 5 Southwest on Tues– day for their first-round oppo– sition. • EC women 79, Jones 78: The Lady Warriors rallied from a 44-40 halftime deficit to knock off J ones on Feb. 9 in Decatur. Wendy Mapp of Newton County scored 32 points to lead the Lady Warriors. Nicole Bar– rett ofMorton added 21 points. Sonya Pinkston scored seven, Jamie Floyd bad six, Denise Chapman tossed in fi ve, and Sharae Brown had four as EC improved to 17-6 overall and 8- 3 in the South Division. • Jones men 69, EC 65: It was yet another in a season full of close losses for the War – riors as they were un able to hang onto a 40-34 halftime

Lafayette, L- ·· 1~ the War– d ors with 20 poina Gtlberto Ve n zen of Ea - toar Ga., tossed in 17. Keo P.o,~ell of Newt.on Count-. a= Danielle Johnson both- c -ed .:tght, while Desmond ed a nd Bnan Hillie bom ~ EC fell to l0--1" :a!1 and 2-9 wtth t hen s.i:nh .css in their last :,e\·en _ ..- J ones evenee - e r all record at 12-12 • Co-Lin wo~ 67, EC 61: The Lad\ ,. . ·Co-Lin clinched the ~ D n sion regular sea... n -p nship wtth Thur da\ , !!lecourt win in We!'~on.- Co-Lin led 32-~ ~ l:alftime in improvin:: · . -5 erall and9-3 in • .. :h~ EC fell : ·- - ~r.n anrl

East Central Community Col– lege closed out their regular season with a pair of losses to Copiah-Lincoln Thursday night in Wesson. The Lady Warriors fell to 17-7 , while the Warriors slumped to 10-15. Both EC teams are partici– pating in the South Division Tournament which began Monday at Pearl River Com– munity College in Poplarville. The seventh -seeded War– riors were scheduled to square