2002

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EC loses at Pearl River You ever knocked on a door onh to find no one home? That's becoming a far too familiar feeling for the Ea"t Cen ra Community College Warriors thi" falL EC fell to 0-3 overall and 0-1 m the MAC]C South Division with a 13-9 I to Pearl River Thursday at Poplarville. PRCC improved to 2-1 and 1-0. "We were able to move the ball, po, quarter after defensive end J .E. Haynes picked off a Wildcat pass and ran 25 yards to the 5. Kentay Eiland scored from a yard out v. ith 10:32 left in the first half. Osley's kick ,.. as blocked. After an exchange of punts, PRCC put together what would prove to be the winning dri'·e, going 90 yards in 13 plays. A pass mterference penalty on third down from mid– field kept the drive alive. Forrest then hit jonathan Eiland for a 20-yard scoring strike. Greg Bryant's PAT made it 13-6 with 1:21 to pia. m the period.

the ball and keep their offense off the fie d said Warriors' coach Terry Undernood "'But we couldn't get it in the end zone ,., hen e had the opportuni ty." EC got into the red zone three times but had only one touchdown and a field goal to show for it. The Warriors had drive5 of 16 and 18 plays that failed to produce pomts The Warriors drove from their 34 to the PRCC on their first possession only to come away empty when Travis Osley ffiio;;sed a 33- yard field goal attempt. The Wildcats drove 80 yard::. m se' en plays, getting a touchdown pass from Daruel Forrest to Donovan Morgan with 3:54 left m the first quarter. fhe Warriors blocked the extra point. EC drew even at 6-6 early in the ~ond

A short kickoff, however, gave the '\amors the ball at midfield. A 9-yard pass to jo...h \'iverette, plus a 15-yard penalty for roughing the passer put EC at the PRCC 29. After three incompletions, Osley nailed a 47- \ard field goal with 13 seconds left in the half. The Warriors got the ball back at the1 r own 10 with 9:31 to play in the game. They drme to the Wildcat 35, but a motion penalty on a fourth-and-5 forced the Warriors into a pa:, ...ing situation and Stephens' rushed pass fell incomplete. EC hosts Gulf Coast Thursday night with kJCkoff ~t for 6:30.

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