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Tomght's gam.c p~ew, :1n , DECATUR- Ea:;tJCentr~l ., Communil) ClnT'ege~ Arr{ll Parker,;on is"the..t},.pe..bf player that tonight•r2'3'1'd :Anpui;tl MAC.JC Men's All-Star Garqe was made for. He is a man in search of a team and is hoping to impress some of the 75-plus coaches expected to be in attendance at the game to be played at Philadelphia's Choctaw Central High School tonight at 8 p.m. "1 think it's important for me

just becnuse you get to play · .__~~--...;;.;.;.......:.;.;~----=--.::.... against competition that is a lot better, I think it's going to help me a lot," he said. "There will be READY TO ROLL -

Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star

East Central Community Co llege's

Arral Parkerson hopes to impress in tonight's all-star game.

a lot of coaches there, too."

Parkerson is looking for his third team to play for in three He said he chose to play junior going the ECCC squad, but has years. but he has no regrets in college ball in order to work on learned to score on the move as a transferring from Meridian his weaknesses. well. Community College to East "For one thing I was thin, and "Offense is his game and he is Central Community College after I've gotten a lot bigger," he said. a pure sh ooter ," Bowen said. the first semester of his fresh- "My feet are quicker now and I "But, he has improved his offen– Oa.n run a lot faster than I could sive game, and has also man year.

before I got here."

improved as a defender as well."

The 6-foot-2 shooting guard says he realizes that he has yet to reach his potential. "I feel like I have a long way to go, I could get a lot better," Pnrkerson said. "I guess every– body feels that way."

"I think Arral, when he left Parkerson signed with Meridian and came over here Meridian the day Bowen landed after a difficult situation, he real- the head job at East Central ly, really played well for us," said Community College. ECCC head coach Jay Bowen. When he decided to transfer

He said Parkerson was more of a spot shooter when he first

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