2002

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•J thought it wa.... a very ugly game. but ,.,e won.," be said... Oar team!: !:lru~gling right now. As a coach "eju-.t ha\e to go back to the salt mine... and v.;ork harder." East Central'~ Jame-. Den on scored with 7:01 left in the lli';:,t half to give the Warriors its final lead of the game at 1 ~ 15. JCJC went on a 9-0 run, capped by a la}-in by Rashaune Walter... on a lob pas from Marcus Johnson at the 3:57 mark of th first half. making it U-16. 'llte Bobcat,., were up 2~20 at halftime. JCJC was up 44-30 in the middiP. of the second half when the Warrior-. rallied. ga ...t Central got within 49-46 with 8:16 remaining on a Denson bucket. But Page nailed back-to-back Lre~s to give the Bobcats a 55-46 lead with 7:13 left. JCJC led twice by as many 15 point<: in the final minutes before coasting to thP vic– tory. Johnson was the only other Bobcat in double figures with 12 points. Corey Hornsby had 28 points for East Central, while Denson added 12 and Winfn::d Craig had 10. JCJC, 7-6 overall and 3·2 in the division, visits Co-Lin Thursday and hosts ~leridian Community College Monday at 7 p.m. 'lbe Bobcats entertain Delgado (La.) Commu– nity College Tuesday in a makeup game, with the women's game starting t 6 p.m.

the break. There were seven lead changes in the second half, but the Lady Warriors went up (or good with 5:32 left when Lori Cumber– land scored Lo make it 59-58. That started a 15-0 Lady Warrior run which pul Lhe game away. Nikki Lacour toppt>d Ea<.;l Central with 24 points. Cumberland and Christina ford added nine each. "Nikki is the heart and soul of our team," Hodge said. "She kept us in it until some others stepped up. And Ashley Brown worked her rear off inside for us" Demesha Chambers pared Jones with 20 points. while Kimberly White added 15 and Sumrall had 8. East Central, 8-5 overall and 2-2 in South Division play, hosb Pearl River lbursday. Jones, 5-9 overall and 1-·1 in the league, goes to Co-Lin Thursday Jones men East Central 76 64 Nick Page scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, to pace the Jones Junior College Bobcats to the 12-poi nl win. "Nick pulled us out tonight," said JCJC coach Robert Mcinnis of ti1e Bay Springs sophomore. "As a coach, you hate to rely on 3-pointers to win. You want to do Lhe screens and other things to be successful.

ELI lS\'II LE - Jone Junior College held a 58-57 lead <>'fer the Ea:.t Central Conllllullil} l.ady ~arrior .... 0\ith 5:54 tcmaining h(;IC Tuesday night at the Bobcat C\mua ium But it ,\·a:- all La t Central from there on out as the l.atly Warri rs posted a 7-t-63 \ic– lory. "We just made ome pla} ~ down the :;hetdt," ~aid FCCC coach Brad Hodge. "Jones gaw u. a battle. like I knew they ''ould. They'• c like U"-. the}\e been :>tru~­ gliug sitl<:e Ch1 i::.tmas at 0-3. But we L(;pJied UJI \',hen had to tonight.· In Lhc men's ~ante, j ones took a 76-64 win. JCJC WOlll(.'ll's coach !:>andrn umrnll sail! lu•t lt'alll was in po:sition to \\in. but COUld not COIIVCI I "Wt• just couldn'L make :-hots \\hen it rounlt'd," she ~aid. ··n,ars the bottom line. We'v~ gol a lol of yow1g kidf> and we took it Lu Litem, bul we just couldn't finbh the job.., East Central got off to a solid start. leading H 3 six minutes deep inro the game. Hut JCJC steadily chipped into the delicit and took a 34-33 lead with 3"7" "ec– onds left in the half on a Brittany Surr.ral ffi.fuotcr:TI1e game was knotted 35-35 at

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