1999

WEEK OF ------------------

EC women lay the smack down on Crowley's Ridge Both Eac;t Ct.ntral 1\.en Ru~sell of Newton Lincoln.

16 points. Lamond Bowie and County scored 17 points to lead Otis Wallace both scored 11, the Warriors past the Pioneers. Keith Bell had 10, and Demando ketth Bell and Lamond" Mingo added six. Bowie both added 15 Pearl River, 11-5, got 18 points. Bell had 11 points · points from Lemayn in the first hal( while ~. o Wilson and 16 from Jason Bowie got all of his points Renes. in the second half. Otis · EC fell to 1-6 in the Wallace scored 11, and Demando South Dtvi ion with the Joe;<, Mingo had nine. • Be Our Guest Night: ECCC Sammy Jackson led I' ho-.hn~ -Be Our Gue:.t :\tght" Crowley's Ridge, 3-13, wtth 14 tc-- a~~a hi<>h c;chool emor on points. Jospeh Stmmons ...cored Thu!'da)~ Feb 4 durmg the bas– Il and Terhan Hardeman added ketball gamec; with Copiah- 10. • Pearl River women i6, EC

The special guests will b admitted free of charge to th annual event and wtll be recog nized during halftime activitie of each game. In addition, doo prizes will be awarded through out both conte-;ts. The women's game tips off a 6 p.m. with the men'._ set fo 7:45. For more informtion, conta the Student Services Office a 635-2111 or call toll tree at 1-877 462-3222, ext. 205

Community College bac;k.~tball teams claimed homecourt wms over Crowley's Ridge College ot Paragould, Ark., before both fell in South Division achon at Pearl River on Thursday. The Lady Warriors, ranked No. 24 nationally prior to the Pearl River game, entered this week with a 15-3 record while the Warriors were 8-10. • EC women 106, Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) 53: Clarkdale's Susan Boatner scored a career– high 20 points in leading the Lady Warriors over the Arkansas team that does not give scholar– ships on Jan. 19 in Decatur. Boatner had 15 points in the second half. All 14 Lady Warriors scored in the drubbing. In improving to 15-2, the Lady Warriors raced to a 63-32 halftime advantage. LaShanta Lyles and Tonya Moncrief both added 18 points for EC. Both had 12 points by halftime. Tanya Viverette scored nine, Arletha Moncrief, Sharae Brown, and Quintina Edwards each had six, and Felisha Temple and Krystal Courtney both scor~d five. Andrea Mi ner led Crowle)'.;. Ridge, 1-12, with 16 pointe;. Amanda Turner tossed m 14 for the Lady Pioneers. • EC men 76, Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) 59: The Warnors improved to 8-9 with the Jan. 19 win in Decatur. The Warriors led 38-29 at halftime.

59: The Lad} \\'arno~ Jo-.t theu share of the South Div.-.ion lead with Thur...da,·' Jo-.... at Poplarville. USM tran...Ier Kn ... taJ Courtnn· of Holden. La led EC "'- tth 20 poin~ \\end) Mapp <>cored lo La-.hanta L\ Je... had 13 and "00\ a Pink:::ton, Quintina Ed,, ard... and Ton) a Moncnef each added ... lX. Pearl Ri"er ed 41-2.., at half– time. Entering the co'1 ·est, EC, Pearl Rl\·er. and Coptah-Lmcoln "ere all ued for th~ South OtvNon lead with 5-1 marks. orma ' oel led Pearl River "ith ?.7 pomb. jessica Shanklin --cored 21 and 'lichole Hearns had 19. • Pearl River men 58, EC 56: twa-. a ca"e of close but no cigar "or the Warriors Thursday at Poplarville. The Warriors held a slim 35- 33 advantage at halftime. Ken Ru' ell led EC, 8-10, with

Choctaw Central grad Demando Mingo behind the arc in EC's 76-59 win Qver College.

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