1998

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ECCC ends basketball season Regular sea::.on act1on came to a disappointing end tor East Central Communtl} Co llege basketbaU teams who lo~t deCISions Thursday rught to homestanding Coplah-Lin– coln. The Lady Warnors (17-7, 8-4) and Warriors (10-15, 2-10) are now preparing for South State Tourna– ment action scheduled at Pearl River CommunHy College February 16-19. scorers were Herbert Montgomery of Lafayette, Louas1ana, 16; Toronto Parker of Forest, 15; Desmond Reed of Carthage, six, DanieUe Johnson. of Helena, Georg.a, five; Ken Russell of Newton County, four; Brian Hillie of Lawrence, three; Ray Waddell of Philadelphia and Bobby Carter of Noxapater, two each. Co-Lin led 27-26 at halftime. gomery, 20; Venzen. 17; Johnson and Russell, eaght each; Hillie and Reed, four each, Parker, three; and Wad– dell, one.

East Central led 40-34 at halftime. Coach Marty Cooper's Warriors began tournament competition by taking on Gulf Coast( 19-6, 8-4) on Monday. East Central took the win in a close contes t 74-70. Leading scorers for EC were: Venzen, 23; Montgomery, 20; Hillie, 10; Johnson. six; Russell, five; Waddell and Over– street, three each; and Parker , two. The Warriors will meet the South– west( 19-6, 8-4) Co-Lin( 13-11, 4-8) victor at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Finals are set for 8 p.m. Thursday. The Lady Warriors, led by coach Sammy Pace , challenged Southwest (9-15, 4-8) on Tuesday. The winner will battle Co-Lin (19-5. 9-3) at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Finals are scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday.

In games played February 9 in Decatur, the Lady Warriors clipped Jones 79-78 on Barrett's short jumper with 13 seconds rema1ning. Mapp led in sconng With 32 points, includ– ing five three-pomters. Barrett also had five three-pointers and 21 total points. Also sconng were Pinkston, seven; Floyd, sax; Chapman, five; Brown, four; Ca rte r, three; and Williams, one. The Lady Bobcats led 44-40 at halftime In the men's game, the Warriors fell 69-65 to the VISiting Bobcats. ECCC p01ntmake rs were Mont-

In the Lady Warnors' 67-61 loss to the Co-Lin women, pointrnakers were Wendy Mapp of New ton County High School, H , N1cole Bar– rett of ~orton, 12; Denise Chapman of Newton and Charissa Wilhams of Terrebonne, Louis iana, 10 each; Sharae Brown of Scott Central, six; Jamu~ Floyd of Smackover, Arkansas, four; Sonya Pmkston of Forot, three; and Tina Edwards of \'1gor Alabama, two. Co-Lmled 32-28 at halftime. Gdberto \'enzen of Eastman, Georgia, scored 18 point:. to lead the Warriors m their 86-71 loss Other

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