1999

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ECCC looks for good hoops year Both East entral

t\toore (5-4) of -..:o,~pater, :-.largo Porter (5-7) of L lUiwille, and je.,siCcl Sander-. 5-'> of Edinburg; forwa"rds Jautcsha Lro~.-kett (5-9) of Philadclph 1 'ltephanie tlarber (5-~ ot Fore ....t, and Alberta '\Jnrman (5-11) of Newton; guard ~ n' ard Sasha Lilly (5-9) of %elb' County, Ala.; and fon' ard C~'lter Anna Udicova (6-2 of Presov, Slovakia. Mecun"•hile, th~ Warnors a re anxiou~ to climb tht? South Division standm~-. ladder after finishing in the b askl:d. "Our recruiting ~oal this past year \' ac, to c;d b1~~er and deep– er and we accomplished these goals. Our p a true m-.Jde th reat and our guard., '' ' 1 pro\ ide that outc,ide

punch. This group has worked extremely hard on the defens ive end . They are eagerly awaiting the start of our season." Sophomores are point guard Lamond Bowie (6-1) of Morton and wing Arral Parkerson (6-1) of Neshoba Central who trans– ferred to EC from Meridian Community College. Freshman players a re wings O tha Lay (5-8) of Lake, Stanley Floyd (6-5) of Fo rrest City, Ark., Romale Griffin (6-4) of Philadelphia, Shawn Moss (6-6) of Alleghany, Va., and Chris Webb (6-0) of Neshoba Central; posts Chad Clemons (6-8) of Philadelphia, Kellis Greer (6-6) of Neshoba Central, Mike Batalo (6- 10) of Belg rade, Yugos lavia, and Matthew Roebuck (6-10) of Newton County Academy; point guards Joe Copeland (5-9) of Emerson, Ark., Kent Chamblee (5-11 ) of Leake Academy, and Willis Barton (5-10) of Sou th Leake. Bo th EC teams participated in tournament action at Jones on Monday and Tuesday. They will host East Miss iss ippi in the home o~ner Friday night with the Lady Warriors tipping off at 6 p.m. Assisting both teams is Brad Hodge.

Community College ba-.ketball team<; c'lrC expecting good -.ca– son-; thi<, winter. fhe Lad) Warrior~ had a 22-5 record lac;t year and could equal or better that mark thic; time despite the loss of all five starters. "All five ~tarter<; are gone from last year's squad and we have 11 freshmen on thi'> vear's squad," Lady Warriors "coach Sammy Pace said. "Despite the inexperience, the ladies will be fun to watch. They will be very up-tempo with a blend of perimeter scoring and inside power to create difficulties defensively for opponents. "However, with youth and inexperience there will be some growing pains throughout the season which can help us when tournament time rolls a round in Februan." Sopl~omore players include centers LaShanta Lyles (6-foot-1) of Morton and Tonva Moncrief (6-2) of Newton imd guard-; Latita Ringo (S-4) of Scott Central and Tanya Viverette (5-7) of South Leake. Freshmen are guard<> Becky Killen (5-5) of Sebac;topol, Nicole Cox (5-3) of Lake, Leah Fulcher (5-7) of Winc;ton Academ), Kri-.11

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