2001

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b.ad earlier conne~led on a three– po t ot .,.ith 1:10 left which gave • l:aC) Wamors L-69 margin. \',uh the "ln. EC avenged two lopstd.d I~ e to the Lad) Wolves dunn~ the regular ~ason. The Lady Warriors fell 91-6- to Co-Lin in \\ c: nand "ere out:scored 1-58 in Decatur. In addition to Cox other EC scor– ers were Porte r, 20; Norman . 10; Lacour, eight: Udicova. even: and Reed, six. Mindy Lavavdis of Chalmette , La., led Co-Lin (24-2) with 23 points. The Lady Wolves led 35-33 at the break. ECCC 93, Jones 78 Margo Porter of Louisville pumped in 22 points to lead the Lady Warriors. Other point makers were Norman, 18; Udicova, 14; Cox and Lacour, 12 each: Reed, nine; Ford, four; and Cumberland. two. Tammika Sims of Quitman led Jones (23-8) with 31 points. EC led the state champions throughout most of the contest and held a 41-33 advantage at halftime. Contributions to help send the Lady warriors to the national tour– nament may be ent to The Warrior Club, East Central Community Col– lege. P. 0. Box 129, Decatur, Miss. 39327.

~ mdo..ble t1_ures to -- I= ce~tral Comm untt~ CoHege to a st nmng 01.- 1 Yictor} OHi t e North\\e 1 ~h SIS tppi Commumt~ C lle;e women Thur da} rught for the Reg1on 23 Tournament cbampi– onslup at .Mississippi College's A. E. Wood Coli eum in Clinton. East Central will now take its 22- 5 record to the NJCAA Tourna– ment, which gets underway March 19 at Saline, Kansas. College officials estimate the trip to Kansas will cost in excess of $12,000, and fundraising efforts are underway to help send the team to the prestigious event. The Lady Warriors' last appear– ance in the nationals came in 1994, \"'hen the tournament was held in T} ler. Texas. After losing in fi rst-. round action, the EC women won three traight matchups and claimed the C .. olation Bracket. The Lady "aP." r; vere also ranked seventh mthe final jucco poll. East Central. "hich fell to Hinds m firs!-round acton of the MACCJ

ECCC 91 :\orthll e t 71 Anna Udico,·a of Pre O\. Slo– vokta. scored 19 pomts to leael the Lady Warriors. Also scoring were Nikki Lacour, 18, of Natchitoches, La.; Margo Porter, 17, of Louisville: Sophia Reed, 15 of Forest; Nicole Cox 13, of Lake; Alberta Norman, five, of Newton; and Lori Cumber– land of Leake Academy and La'Shonda Ford of Forest, two each. Porter and Cox were also named to the All-Region 23 Tournament team. The championship trophy was accepted by injured sophomo re Sasha Lilly of Columbiana, Ala., who has been out of the lineup since the second game of the season. Lady Warrior head coach Sammy Pace and team members designated Lilly to receive the honor. Rhonda Cooper of Birmingham led Northwest (18-13 with 25 points. East Central held a 45-33 advan– tage at halftime. ECCC 74, Co-Lin 71 Nicole Cox sank two free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining to help seal the three-point victory. Cox, who led EC with 23 points.

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