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ECCC ousted in first round By Austin Bishop Tile MeiiOiar 5 &' ~: ... ,.ih detectable on Samm) Pace's face. The veteran head CLINTON- The fru,– tration was

women's coach of Ea"t Central Community Colle"'e was fuming as he leaned against the wall in the hall outside his team's locker SURROUNDED- =~:· room for a good 10 minute a rebound a'"'C s s .al'TI'j.::..

George Clark!The Meridian Sta1 tty College's Tonya Moncrief (35) comes down witt

... ~-~as Port a Jones (30) and Letesha Seals (24)

after the Lady Warrior first-round loss 1n the Region 23 Tournament at Mississippi Coll ege on ECCC led 70-58 with 6:14 to play and had the Monday.

play." Pace had called time out witt his team leading 57-56 with jusl over 10 minutes to play and hi~ See ECCC, Page 48

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Lady Warnor ::::eeme re::pond, buildin~ the - lead. only to see it dWI awav. :the!! ~-e just totally~­ :>atd. "'' e JUst didn't do wba· had to do to win the game..- Itawamba was beinrr coa by ~Iarty Cooper. th~ fo~ r men "' head basketball coach East Central. Cooper, them coach at ICC, was pres--ed m duty when the women'.: coac InJured her knee while trying show her girls that she could JUmp up and touch the back– .bnard. '"We just never quit and responded when we needed to Cooper said. "I told them th'e

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- game wasn't over and to ju:..t SCOTI COUNTY TIME k~ep playing hard and some- UN ION APPEAL thftgJ'~~d might happen." WI NSTON COUNTY JC Ecce began makin!! turnovers and taking ill-advised SPIRIT OF MORTON_ shots and it seemed like the NEWTON MESSENGE Ladr Indians to~k advantage of every Lady Warnor .rruscue.

Stacy North got the hot hand for ICC, nailing three of her four ~hree-pointers in the gamt: dur– t,n~ the _L.~dy Indians stretch