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By Marty Stamper The Merkfan Star DECATUR -

ing running. I'd rather have ~omeone chasmg us and trying to cutch up than us trying to catch up to some– one else. "We've got a good group that can handle that pressure "1\·e been very fortunate to walk into my first head coaching job and have the leadership that we've gotten from the Hophomores. I can't ask for any more leadership than has been provided from thiR group of ::~opho· mores.~ · ECCC opens its season Friday at Holme:-. before hosting Northeast t.lis~issippi on Nov. 8. "We"ve got one starter back," Hodge :;aid. '"After that, we've only got one v.ith any other game experi– ence from last year." The lone returning starter from last year'A 22-7 team is 5-foot-9 guard 1 "ikkt LaCour, who averaged 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds as a freshman out of Natchitoches (La.) Central High School. Also returning as a top sub from a year ngo · Lori umberland, a 5- foot-9 guard from Leake Academy.

She averaged 2.7 points and 2.4 rebounds. Al~o back from the 2000-2001 team iR 5-foot-9 forward Trelisa Eichelberger from Noxapater, who averaged 2.9 points and 1.4 rebounds. Hodge has a few more vets who either sat out last year or have trans– ferred from other schools. Returning after a one-year layoff is 5-foot-5 guard Becky Killen from Sebastopol. "She's a shooter that can help," Hodge said. ~Late in the year, you want somebody that can knock down shots and she can knock down some Rhots." Transferring to ECCC from Thuga– loo Colleg~ is 5-foot-8 guard/forward Christina Ford from Enterprise. "She's got a lot of experience ," Hodge said. "She was the leading scorer and leading rebounder for Tougaloo and was in the top five in their division in both categories, but playing at Tougaloo awl playing in thi" league is a bi difft•r nee. She' · got a lot ofadju:-;tments to make..,

If the 2001-2002 bask tbtill ~enson end8 like last year, it wni ott the Lady Warriors of East Central C mmunitv College just fine. Th Lad Warriors won the Reg10n ::?3 championship and ad... anc d to the NJCAA Women's Natton J Championship at Salina. Kan here they Io-.t a one-point deCI,. tA>-€11 ntual national champi- on Cloud County (Kan.) in the first round lmh· \\ arnor:> know they'll be \'

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DECATUR - The East Central Community College Dinner Theater production of Nick Hall's "Accommodations" will be staged Nov. 15-17 in Mabry Memorial Cafeteria on campus. Show times are 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and include the meal. The three-act comedy is about three young adults, one man and two women , who answer advertisements for roommates. For more information call Juanita West, production d,irector at ECCC, 635-2111, ext. 236, or toll free, (877) 462-3222, ext. 236. •••

Nov. 2·at lio mes Nov. 8· Northeast CC Nov. 12- at lll'.s Delta Nov. 15- EMCC Nov. 19- ECCCToumey (Holmes) Nov. 20· ltawamba (ECCC Toumoy) NOv. 29· Gu ' Coa~t Dec 3- MS De a Dec 6- Northwest CC Jao. 1 o- at ltawamba CC Jan. 14- at Co·Lln Jan. 17- Soutlw/est fv1s Jan. 22- at Jones Jan 24- Pearl R1ve· CC Jan. 28- at H nds Jan. 31- at Gulf Coast CC Feb. 4- at MCC (women) Feb 4- at Ms College (men) Feb. 7- Co-Ln Feb. 11- al Southwest Ms. Feb. 14· Jones llr College Feb 18- at Pearl R1ve Feb 21-Hncls Feb. 25-28- State Tourney March 4-7- Reglonal Tourney

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had but they don't have the expen- ----- ---– enc~ that we need right now. We're --------- going to have some growing pains." ~ Just us long as they're cured by ~-------- ·March. . NAL Marty Stamper IS a sports wnter for The - --- -- Meridian Star. E·ma1l him at mstamper@the· 'ileridianstar.com or call him at 693-1551 , ext. ----- ---– p235