2001

ECCC women continue to roll , open post-season play, Mon . James Denson's three-point

Central 1~-4 overall n play. was led Po er with 29 .,.._...;~.-rT m double-fig– - · Lacour, 20; l .

With the \vin, the EC women, ranked lBth in the lat– est NJCAA poll, improved to 17-4 overall and 8-2 in South Division competition. In men's action, the Warriors fell 96-79 t o the host Bobcats and saw their n'coJ d drop to 11-12 and 2-8. Brett Augusta was top sr'>t– er for EC with 19 points Other· point makers were Roebuck, 17; Winfred Craig, 13: Den~on, six; Chamblee, three; and Clint Hatch of Carthage, two. The Bobcats led 47-38 at the break. Porter poured in 22 points in leading EC to an easy 102-61 thrashmg of the visiting Lady Bears. Also scoring were Cox, 16; Lori Cumberland of Leake Academy, 12; and Sander~ and Lacour, 10 each. EC held a 54-31 advantage at halftime. Copeland pumped in 14 :Points to lead EC past the visit ing Bears by a 66-56 margin . Also scoring were Denson, 1 I; Craig, 11; and Chamblee. two. The WaiTiors led 27-25 at the break. The South Divi.sicm Tournament begins at Southwest CC in Summit on Monday.

shot with 19 seconds remaining gave East Central Community College a five-point cushion and the Warriors held on for a 68-64 upset over visiting Pearl River Monday night. It was Joe Copeland's free throw with three seconds left that actually iced the four– point win for EC, which played its final home game of the ,ea– son in front of a packed Brackeen-Wood gym. East Central, led by Coach Jay Bowen, evened its overall record at 12-12 and improved to 3-8 in South Di\;sion compe– tition while the visiting and divisiOn-leading Wildcat' fell to 17-7 and 9-2. Denson, a former ,tandout at Choctaw Central, wru- the second-leading scorer for the Warriors with 14 point'. C~ Webb pumped in 19 point-5 to lead aU scorers. Kent Chamblee of Leake Academy had four. Taboris Lindsey led Pearl River with 15 points. EC held a 31-29 advantage at halftime. In women's action, Sammy Pace's Lady Warriors notched their 18th season victory by downing the Lady Wildcats 76- 71.

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