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ECCC Lady Warriors defeat Holmes; Warriors Fall in OT Sop~e Ud CO\ a of Presov, Slo . .... a. p.-mped _3 pomts and led Ea.s; C~ Community Col– lege to an 8j_- 6 O\ cr Holmes Com– munlt) Coll~~e :1onda) mght m Goodma.'"l. Wnh th~ \t.. tor")l, the Lady Warriors tmprO\ed to :!- I on the young season. In eddmon to Udtcova, who matchup, were Roebuck, 20; Copeland, 11; Brown, I0; Augusta, seven; Maurice English of Umon, four; Eric Scott ofWinnsboro, Loui– siana and Webb, three each; and Chamblee, Denson and Chns Isidore of St. Croix, ,Virgin Islands, two each. The score was tetd 35-35 at the break. Against Northeast, Cox

Central Mississippi

Classic Begins November 27 atECCC East Central Community Col– lege m Decatur will again serve as site of the Central Misstssippi Classic, a five-day competltlOD featuring some of the area's top public high school girls and boys basketball teams. Action gets underway on Monday, No\ ember 27 and concludes wuh the champtOnshtp and consola– tion fmals on Saturday, December 2. Games Wlll be played m the Brackeen– Wood Phystcal Education Build ing and at the South Campus gym. No games are scheduled Tuesday, No– vember28. Teams from Edinburg, West Lauderdale, Carthage, Scott Central, Newton County, Forest, Noxapater, Philadelphia, Newton. Lake, South Leake and Neshoba Central are sched– uled to participate in the double-elimi– nation tournament. For bracket tnformation con– tact East Central Community College head basketball coaches Sammy Pace (women) or Jay Bowen (men), Phone 635-2111 or call toll free. 1-877-462- 3222, ext. 246 or e:.t 243.

last week SJgned o uona letter of in– tent to ccnunue her athleuc career at the Um'ers t} of Southern \1tSSISS1pp1, other scorer~ ""er~ Margo Porter of LouiS. 11le and ~~ kt Lacour of Natchttoches Lou >ana. 18 each, Ntcole C'lx of e. 5 S •phta Reed of ForeSt. i.""tt,l~n C mbe- and of Leake Acader-~, Alberta :-.:orman of Columb1a:1a, Alabama. and Trehsha E1che berge· of Noupatcr, t\\O each; and w'~"ona.a fo:-d c'" Forest, one. E~t Cen~ral ed 50-36 at half- nme. In men's acuon. the Wamors fell 6--9 m O\cmme to the host Bull– dogs and SA'-' the1r record drop to 3-2. E~t Central pomt makers were Chns \\ebb of:-.eshoba Central, ~v; Joe Copeland of Emerson, Arkansas, 13; James Denson of Choctaw Central 12; .Manhe" Roebuck of Newton County Aeadem). 11; Marketth Brown ofJack– son Pro,me, seven; Winfred Craig of Louts'tile and Brett Augusta of ew Orleans,seven each; and Kent Chamblee ofLeake Academy and Leroy Murra) of Scott Central, one each. The score was deaklocked at 74-i~ at the end of regulat1on. Holmes led 40-35 at halfume. In other games last week, both teams fell at B1shop State Commumty College m ~1obt1e on Saturday after earher sweepmg a pa1r at Northeast M•sstss1pp1 Commumty College on Thursda) Scorers for the Lady Wamors in the1r 69-55 oss to B1shop State were Cox, 14. \Jd1co' a and Lacour, 10 each; Bem1ce Hannah ofLo..liS'-tlle, s1x; Reed, : five ; 1 orman. four: and Cumberland,' 1 Ford and Portt.-r. t\\0 ~;ach. East Central trmled 33-27 at

and Porter scored 20 pomts each m the Lady Warriors' 84-79 v1ctory. Also scoring were Norman, 13, Lacour, 12; Ford, seven; Hannah and Udi~ova, six each; and Cumberland, two. ~ortheastled 38-37 at half- t1me. ln the men's 81-67 thrash– ing over the host Tigers, EC scor– ers were Web and Copeland 14 each; Denson and Roebuck, 12 each; Chamblee, seven; Augusta, s1x; Brown,,five; Cra1g and Scott. four each; H1ltch, two; and Engltsh. one. East Central led 36-30 at hlaftime. Games This Week East Central teams wtll travel to East Mississippi Commu– nity College in Scooba on Thurs– day, November 16. Women's actton begins at 6 p.m. followed bv the men's matchup at 8 p.m. A two-day tournament featunng teams from East Central. Jones County Junior College, Holmes Commumty College and Mississippi Delta Commumty Col– lege Will be held Monday-Tuesday, November 20-21 in the Brackeen– Wood Phys1cal Education Buildmg. Games scheduled during first-round action include Jones and Delta women at 2 p.m., Jones and Delta men at4 p.m., East Central and Holmes women at 6 p.m., Jones and Holmes men at 8 at p.m.

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No games arc scheduled during the Thanksgiving holidays. The Lady Warriors and Warriors resume action on. Tuesday, Novem– ber 28 by traveling to Northwest Mississippi Community College m

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