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within striking range at 41-39 EMCC then went four minutes and 40 seconds without any points. An 8-0 run highlighted by a three-point play by Tamekia Foley, a layup by Elyse Willis off a steal and outlet pass by Viverette, and a put– back basket by Viverette gave ECCC a 48-41 lead with 4:36 showing. "It was a game of streaks," ECCC head coach Brad Hodge srud. "We were very cold in the first half and had a lot of shots rim out. They jumped right back in it with that 10-0 run." EMCC got to within fivt:' with 1:44 left when Candace Spires hit a 3-pointer, but a 5-of-6 showing at the free-throw line by Rita Birden and Britney Burks put ECCC up 63-51 and sealed the Lady Warriors' second straight win.

DECATL'R • Ea t Central Communtty Col– Jege took a pair of non-divi-.ion b..sketball \vins Tiom Ea~t Mi i 'IPPi Commun ty College Sat– .itrday afternoon. The Warriors and Lady War– riors both impro\ ed to 2-2. r. \1 CC's Lady Lions fell to 1-2, while the Lions dropped to 0-3. J Ecce women EMCC · Scorin${ droughts hurt both teams in the 'NOmen's contest, but the Lady Warriors got their t'ame back on track in time to lake the nine– P'oint win. ECCC carried a slim 27-26 lead into halftime behind nine points from Lenore Gray and six from Miranda Rosar and led 37-30 with 14:58 i'emaining after a 3-pointcr by Kimyatta Viverette. The Lady Warriors then went scoreles for the next four minute~ and 27 seconds as EMCC used a 10-0 run to go up 40-37 on a layup by Darnika Washington with 11:50 left. The Lady Lions made only 1-of-4 free throws over the next three minutes as ECCC stayed • 63 54

'That's two games in three days and you just have to do whatever you can to find a way to win," Hodge said. "It's not pretty, but we'll take it, especially with this group that we've got. You can see some confidence growing in some of them. Miranda Rosar came off the bench and did a great job. Lenore Gray obviously did a fantastic job. Kimyatta Viverette gave us a boost in the second halfafter she was absent in the first half. We're starting to get some people to gain some from Ea~t Mississippi confidence."

to play as many people as we can. "We did a lot better job in the second half o1 running our offense. We had way too many turnovers in the first hall, but any time you get a win it's nice. "AI hit two big shots and Dewayne Hughes hit three 3s and that put them out of reach and we were able to hang on at the end." After leading by as many as 12 when a basket by Hughes gave ECCC a 48-36 lead with 11:04 remaining, the Warriors were 11-of-16 at the free-throw line over the final eight minutes, while EMCC was a cold 1-of-6. Donzel Cren ·haw led ECCC with 13 points. Desmond Jones scored nine and Reggie Carter had eight. Corey Hornsby, who came in averaging 32.7 points, was held to three after being saddled with four first half fouls.

Gray led ECCC with 16 points. Viverette had nine, while Burks and Foley both scored eight. Of ECCC's top six scorers, all but Foley are freshmen. "Hopefully these freshmen will keep their heads up and keep working hard every day and good things will happen to them," Hodge said. Cedra Glover led EMCC with 15 points. Kat– rina Barr tossed in eight. ECCC men EMCC

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The Warriors scored the first six points and held E\fCC scoreless for a little over three min– ute-.t.. 'tart the men's contest. ECCC led 36-29 at halitime after being up 29-19 on a 3-pointer by Demario Qualls with 6:33 to go in the first half. The lion" rallied to within 38-33, butAJ Wtllis :::> ? ELt a pair of 3-pointers over a 52-second span to 1 • v c:: '·•e E CC a 44-36 lead. l.....rV'\. '- ·our 'econd and third bunch came in and SC 0 T 1 a real cood job for us," ECCC head coach Bill , ... th said...We were trying to rest our first .., ' 0 m for fonday night (at Holmes We'll have . s· ed five game-. in eiR"ht day-., "' v. ,.·re trying I I s= ~-~====~~~====~~~---

"We had a mess up on· the fouls,'' Smith said. "We had him with three and they had him with four. Maybe that did us some good. We got to make sure some other guys could score too AT_ ___ ___ _ instead of relying just on Corey." EMCC got 11 points from Marcus Houston and nine from Anthony Johnson.