2002

WEEK OF JJ' /at? B:l

East Central CC clips Pearl River CC 94 · 81 East Central Community CoUege's Warriors snapped a fh·e-game lo mg streak b) defeating Pearl River Communtt) College 94-81 Thursday night in the Brackeen-Wood gym on the Decatur campus. With the win. EC improved to 5-9 overall and 1-4 in South Dl\ 1 ton. Cistrunk of Louisville, l\\-0. Audosba Kelly of Savannah. Ga.. bad 21 points to lead the Lady Wildcats who improved to 10-3 and 4-1. The Lady Warriors, now 8-6 and 2-3. rallied to ta e a 35-34 lead at the break.

Both EC squads will be on the road this week. travel– Log to division foes Hinds Community College on Monday, January 28 and Gulf Coast Community College on Thursday, January 31.

Fre hman Corey Hornsby. a product oflstrouma (La.) High School, led EC m scoring with 28 points. Also scor– ing "'ere Winfred Craig of Louis,ille. 24; James Denson of Chocta'' Central. 17; KeYm Bobbitt of Lake. etght; Demano Qualls of l\ewton and Clint Hatch of Carthage. four each. Will Florence of Nonh Delta and Jason Richardson of Wilcox (Ala.) Central. three each: Maunce Enghsb of Uoton. two; and Donzel Crensha,.,. of Ridge"'a} (Tenn.) High School. one. Yandall Brown of Dodge Count}· (Ga.) High School had 34 points to lead Pearl River, which dropped to 6-7 and 1-4. East Central led 48-33 at halftime. In the women's contest, the Lady Warriors let a sec– ond-half lead slip away and fell77-75 to the PRC women. East Central bad a chance to win the .game at the buzzer. but Shelly Giddings' three-pointer bounced off the rim. Scorers for EC were Nikki LaCour of l\atchitoches (La.) Central, 22; Christina Ford of Enterpnse, 18; Lori Cumberland of Leake Academy, 12; Giddings, of Philadelphia, Penn., nine; Ashley Brown of Scott Central, six; Trclisa Eichelberger of Noxapater, four; and Shaneka

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