2001

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Eas Cent. falls to Arizona JC After matching ba:'kets for

of-25 free-throws. ~!aurin Strambler led Central Arizona \\'ith 25 points, followed by a 22-point effort from Ida Dotson. During the first 20 minute~, the Vaquer as made 17 of 39 field goals (43.6 percent I, six of eight treys (75 percent ) and one of five free-throws (20 per– cent). But in the second half, Central Arizona improved to 65 percent (26 of 40) from the 'field, made five of six free throws (83.3 percent) and con– nected on four of seven three– point shots (57.1 percent). Overall, the Vaqueras made 43 of 79 field goals (54.4 per– cent), 10 of 15 treys (66.7 per– cent) and six of 11 free throws (54. 5 percent). Central Arizona out- rebounded East Central by a 48-29 margin. The East Central-Central Arizona matchup was set up after the Lady Warriors had earlier dropped a heart-break– ing 74-73 loss to number-seven seeded Cloud County of Con,cordia, Kansas, and the Vaqueras fell 58-55 to Cincinnati (Ohio) State. Mter 16 lead changes and six ties, Cloud County's Laura Herman put her team on top for good when she connected on il short jumper with 5.6 sec– onds left for t he victory. Cox led East Central with 23 points, Port er added 22 and Udicova finished with 15. The Lady Warriors trailed 38-32 at the break.

a 41-41 halfhme score. num– ber-two seeded Central Arizona College blistered the back– boards the final 20 minutes and cr uised to a 102-61 win over East Centr al Community College's Lady Wa r riors Thursday, March 22, in a con– solation bracket matchup in the NJCAAWomen's Division I Basketball Tournament at the Salina, Kansas, Bicentennial Center. East Central, the number- 10 seed and reigning Region 23 champions, finished season action with a 22-7 record, while the Vaqueras improved to 30-3. Nikki Lacour led the Lady Warriors with 15 points. Also scoring were Nicole Cox, 13; Anna Udicova, 10 and Lori Cumberland of Leake Academy, three. Jessica Sanders of Edinburg also saw action. The East Central women, after shooting 51.9 percent (14/27) from the field, 57.1 per– cent (417) from three-point r ange and 64.3 percent (9/14) from the free-throw line in the first-half, completed just five of 25 field goals (20 percent) in the fmal 20 minutes and were unsuccessful on four three– point attempts. However, the Lady Warriors did fare well on the free-throw line, as they connected on 10- of-11 attempt s (90.9 percent). For the game, EC made 19-of- 52 field goals (36.5 percent), 4- of-11 three-point shots and 19- ,

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