2001

New ern in A new era in East C~.·ntral Community College basketball gets underway Fnday, November 2. when the Warriors and Lady Warnor~ trav– el to Holmes Community CoiiL'l'.l: in non-division action on the Goodman campus.

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players. rhey urc a real energetic bunch and have worked very hard. So lar they have done everything that we have asked them to do. Fvcrything is really going quite well." Smith said. The Wamors are led by returning sophomore James Denson, a 6'3 guard/forward from Choctaw Central. who averaged 12.2 points and 7.5 rebounds on last year's 12-14 squad. Other top returnees include Winfred Craig, a 6'4" forward from Louisville, who averaged 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds, and Markeith Brown, a 5'11 " guard from Provine lllgh School in Jackson, who scored 9 H points and had 4.4 rebounds per contc~t. Other returnees are Maurice l·nglish, a 6'3" guard [rom Union, anti C 'lint I latch. a 6'6" forward/cen– ter l"rom Carthage, I 1e'hmcn are Kevin Bobbitt, a 6' guaul lrnlll l.ake; Maweesha Carter, n t>7' t nlu trom Ft Payne (Ala.); Hq;gic Ou t. 1 a 6 5" forward/center hom l h11vus•1 y Chnstian; Donze! ('rcnshaw ,, 6'•1" gu.1rd/forward from l{ul~•.lWII\ lllvh )chool 10 Memphis; < .ultnn Dodd. '' b I " guard from l lutlll:l\town. Will Florence, a 6' I'U.ud h om Nm th Della lligh School in Cmanl.md M•s.'>. , Corey Hornsby, u h''\ l"urw,uc..l from lstrou ma/Wal lace Stale; Daniel Pa icc, a 6' guard from W1ng.ficld/Coahoma; Demario

Qualls, a 6' guard from Newton; and Jason Richardson, a 6'7" center from Wilcox Central {Ala.). Succeeding someone as successful as Sammy Pace will not be an easy task, but Brad Hodge said following his former boss has been made some– what easier because of the players he has brought to the program. "I've been very fortunate to walk into my first head coaching job-a nd have the leadership that we've got from the sophomores. So from that standpoint, the transition has been so much easier. I can't ask for any more leadership than has been provided from this group of sophomores," Hodge said. Returnees from last year's 22-7 team that captured the Region 23 Tournament title include Nikki Lacour, a 5'9" guard from Natchitoches Central (La.), Lori Cumberland, a 5'9" guard from Leake Academy and Trelisa Eichelberger, a 519" forward from Noxapater. Lacour is the returning leading scorer, averaging 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds. Cumberland averaged 2.7 points and 2.4 rebounds, and E ichelberger scored 2.9 points and had 1.4 rebounds per contest. Other sophomores include for– mer Lady Warrior Becky Killen, a 5'5" guard from Sebastopol, and

transfers Christina Ford, a 5'8'' guard/forward from Enterprise and Shelley Giddings, a 5'6" guard from University City High School n Philadelphia, PA. Freshmen arc Crystal Lewis, a 5'4"guard and Melinda Ben, a 5'9" forward/guard, both from Choctaw Central; Tamekia Foley, a 5'10" guard and Lakelia Bogan, a 6'3" cen– ter, both from Newton County; Patsy McKee, a 5'5" guard from Forest; Shaneka Cistrunk, a 57" guard from Louisville; Ashley Brown, a 6' center from Scott Central; and Belinda Potter, a 6'3" center from Neville High School in Monroe, LA. Serving as first-year assistant coaches are Shane Eck (men), a for– mer assistant at Clarion University of Pe nnsylvania, and Toby Bush (women), who previously served as head student manage r at t he University of Memphis. Joey McLeod of Rush Sports Medicine serves as athletic trainer. Student assistants for the men's team are Kenny McWilliams of , Philadelphia and Ttmothy Morgan of lr Lake. Student assistants for the Lady Warrior squad are D anyell Hudson of Noxapater, Ashley Jones of Newton and Mary Shannon of Philadelphia. Megan I ogan ol Newton is the stattsticwn -

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Both bC squads are led by new head coaches - Billy Smith. who tssumed the men's job followin~·. Jay Bowen's departure m August . and Hrad Hodge, who wa<: selectul to guide the women's program l'ollow– mg the retirement of Sammv Pace Smith. a former h1gh school '!lrb' coach at Neshoba Central wh~:1 t' his teams amassed a 3XR I 5I rcwnl - mcluding a state champion~hip •\ lur– mg his 16 year Ll.:nurc, said hl has been pleased with the 1cspons~: ollu~ new team "We began wo1 I.. outs on Ol'l~thcr I and have has1cally llL'L'n findin1• uut who can learn 11111 way of do111g thmgs the qtud;csl "We haven't lwd nny prohlcms so far gelling our IIICSSfii\C fiC ,Ill'iS td lh

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