2002

~ r:~ WEEK OF ~V L'J

East Central takes two in JUCO tourney action

By Jeff Byrd staff wnter

turned back ltawamba 61-50 while the Ea.;t Central men downed ICC 2-6S The Lady Warriors, now 5-3. led 3_ l9 at the half The lo::.:– drop .llawamba to 5-2. I r Gra ed E t Cen- tral th _ n Rita

The East Central Thanks– giving Tournament saw a suc– ces tul night of action for the Warrior· and Lady Warrior-.. The East Central women

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;in move-- the '\\arriors to 4-4 on the ,o.eason.lta\\amba falb to 5-2. Corey Hornsby led ECCC with 26 points. Jamal Martin had 13 and Brandon Mason chipped in 10. Itawamba was led by O'Brian Lowe with 17 points. Byron Huggins had 15 and Ray Hazzell chipped in 10. The tournament continues today with Itawamba facing Jones in both men's and women's games at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Holmes will take on East Central in the two evening con– tests at~6 p.m. and 8 p.m. In junior college action else– where, the East Mississippi men tumbled to 1-8 with an 81- 45 loss to pearl River and the EMCC women moved to 4-5 on the year with a 72-58 win over Judson. Dorcieous Powe led the Lady Lions with 11 points. The EMCC women led 39- 25 at the half, while the East Mississippi men trailed Pearl River 44-24 after the first 20 minutes of play. ~o further details of either game were available.

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