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omen advance to state, region tourneys th 0.9 seconds remaining to \ e the Lady Warriors the semi– hnal win on Wednesday. The contest was knotted at 37-37 at halftime. ,-...,_-:.:_~ EC, 18-7, got 23 points from Margo

Porter, 17 from Cox, 14 from Sash a Lilly, 10 from Tonya Moncrief, and fo ur each from Becky Kil len and Jautesha Crockett. Erika Slayton led Jones, 21-6, • Pearl River men 94, EC 90 lOT): Pearl River outscored EC lb-14 in o\ertime to take \\ednesdav'c; semifinal. EC led by 10 ·with six minutes remaining but was unable to hold off the Wildcats. Shawn 'vloss led EC, 11-16, with 22 points. Chris Webb ..,cored 17, Lamond Bowie had 15, lol' Copeland tossed in 12, Mile Batalo had 10, Arral Parkerson ..,cored eight, ~and Matthew with 23 points.

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mark. 91 (OT): Felicia Hayes' basket at • EC men ..-.Gulf Coa5t 68: the end of regu lation brough t For the sL>con ti Gulf Coast to an 85-85 tie and the Warnor-. ca then the Lady Bulldogs had a 16- seed and knocked t a ~o. 2 6 ad\ antage in overtime to take seed Gull Coast squad Thursday's championship win EC JUmped out to a 41-2=> half- O\'Cr EC. time lead m 1mpro\tn~ to 11-15. EC, 18-8, got 26 points from EC got 30 pomt from hm' n Sasha Lilly, 24 from Nicole Cox, ~foss, 12 from Chn-. \\ebb, 10 13 from Becky Killen, 10 each from ~tile Batalo e1ght irom from Anna Udicova and Tonya Arral Parkt:r..,on and ..,1x ~ach Moncrief, six from Stephanie from Chad Clemon..., Joe Harber, and four from Jautesha Copeland and ~latthcw CroLkett. Roebuck Hayes led Gulf Coast, 22-6, Gulf Coa<;t, 17-7, ~ot 20 pomh with 30 points. Felicia Gray had from Andri) Sukhotin and 19 27 from Jeason 'v1ar.n ich. Gulf Coast led 45-39 at half- • EC women 78, Jones 76: time. N icole Cox made a driving layup "'' ""'' V I IVIUK I UN____________ NEWTON MESSENGER

A driving layup by Nicole Cox with 0.9 seconds remaining sent the East Central Lady Warriors pas t Jones 78-76 in las t week 's South Division semifinal. EC routed Northeas t 87-68 Monday night and faced Gulf Coast Tuesday night for the state champions hip. The Lady Warriors will be participating in the Reg ion 23 Tournament at Mississippi College next week. \, LAKIUI'I,I•L[:Uu~n ---------