2001

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ECCC Cont nued from page 1C No. 11:\ m this week's NJCAA poll, led 49-43 at the break and had been called for 15 fouls to 11 for Gulf Coast. Porter had 1 i points at the break for the Lady Warriors, while Cox had <:cored 13. After the Lady Bulldogs closed to within 49-45 early in the second half. the Lady Warriors went on a 16-0 run to go up 66-45. During that four-minute span, Gulf Coast coach Greg Holme received a technical foul and was later seen waving a white towel and looking at the ECCC bench repeatedly ~aying, "I give." Shortly after, Lady Bull– dog Felicia Gray received a technical foul and was eject– ed for elbowing referee Carl Hathorn. Mter the Lady Bulldogs finally broke the drought with a basket at the 15:17 mark, Holmes received his

second technical and was ejected with 14:50 remain– ing. "It was a good offensive show, but the way we played defense the last two games holding one opponent to 46 and the other to 50, I was a little disappointed that we gave up as many points as we did," ECCC coach Sammy Pace said. The tempo of the game had a lot to do with Gulf Coast's point production. "Every time we scored we had to give it to them which gave them an opportunity, so I guess you've got to expect them to score," Pace said. Porter led ECCC with 29 points, including an 11-of-12 showing at the free-throw line. Cox added 25 points. Nikki Lacour scored 12, Lori Cumberland had seven, and Alberta Norman and Trelisa Eichelberger both had six. Cumberland, Lacour, and Norman each had seven rebounds as the Lady War– riors improved to 6-1 in the

division and 15-3 overall. The Lady Warriors are off until next Thursday when they travel to league-leading Copiah-Lincoln. "If we don't win that one, we don't win the South (Divi– sion) unless we get a lot of help from somebody and I don't anticipate that," Pace said. Gulf Coast (1-6, 11-6) got 21 points from Shanel Handy and 11 from Gray. The Lady Bulldogs were 20-of-30 at the free-throw line and were called for 34 fouls. • Gulf Coast men 89, ECCC 84: The Warriors trailed 44-39 at halftime and found themselves staring at a 60-48 deficit after Bulldog 6-foot-11 center Andriy Sukhotin scored an easy two points on an inbounds play following an intentional foul on ECCC's Winfred Craig just over five minutes into the second half. Nineteen seconds later, ECCC's Eric Scott. and Gulf Coast's Sukhotm were both

ejected for flagrant foul:.. The Warriors fought to within five point~ on three occasions and got to within four (74-70) on a free throw from Craig with 5:25 to go, but the Bulldogs went on a 5- 0 run over the next 80 sec– onds to take a 79-70 lead. The Warriors scrapped back to within three when a basket by Chris Webb trimmed the Gulf Coast lead to 85-82 with 44 seconds left. Two free throws from 6- foot-10 center Nerijus Lisauskas gave the Bulldogs a five-point cushion with 26 seconds left. ECCC fell to 1-6 in the division and 9-10 overall. The Warriors got 23 points from James Denson, 16 from Brett Augusta, 15 from Craig, nine from Webb, and eight from Maurice English. Gulf Coast (6-1, 15-4) got 23 points from Freeman Tay– lor, 21 from Lisauskas, 18 from Marquez Moultrie, and 13 from Algeno Bostic.