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East Central Comm College's Lady Warriors pos:ec impressive win o•er River Community Colleze Jones County Junior Co last week to remain am teams battling for the top in South Division competiu The ECCC women. led longtime head coach Samm Pace, cruised past Pearl Ri' r 64-48 Thursday night m Poplarville after earlie1 up, t– ting nationally ranked Jones County 83-68 'fuesday. Jan. 16 in Decatur. With the wins, the Lady Warriors improved to 13-3 overall and 4-1 in league play. Margo Porter pumped in 15 points to lead EC against the PRC Lady Wildcats, who fell to 9-7 and 2-3. Also scoring for the Lady Warriors were Nicole Cox, 13; Alberta Norman, 10; and Lori Cumberland ofLeake Academy, three. Jessica Puechu led PRC with 15 points. EC held a 31-22 advantage at halftime. Porter blistered the back– boards for 29 points in leading EC past the Lady Bobcats, who were ranked 14th in the national juco poll prior to the division matchup. J ones slipped to 15-2 and 4-1 follow– ing the loss. In addition to Porter, other point makers were Cox, 19; and Nikki Lacour, 17. Tammika Sims led Jones with 31 points.

Hail Mary! Lori Cumberland (21) and teammate ing from East Central coach Sru::l:lDp Anna Udikova, left, seem to receive a bless- during EC's win over Pearl R h·er i~t. EC led 28-24 at halftime. Coach Jay Bowen's Warriors improved to 13-3 and 5-0.

Also scoring were W Eric Scott, 12; Brown 1 Augusta, 10: Den on and Kent Chamblee of Academy, three. Nick Paige led .Jon , 22 points. J ones led ~­ intermission.

Other }op scorer s were James Denson of Choctaw Central, 13; and Chris Webb, 11. East Central trailed 44-40 at the break. In the Warriors' loss to the Bobcats (12-4, 3-2), Matthew Roebuck led with 18 points.

had a tough week on the hard– wood, as they fell to Pearl River (82-70) and Jones (91-861 and saw their record drop to 9-8 and 1-4. Markeith Brown scored 19 points to lead East Central against the Wildcats, who

ECCC hosts Gulf Coast

Thursday. January 25