2002

WEEK OF /1 Felo &?

Lady \Varriors, Warriors Claim Wins Over Co-Lin

&stCcruralCommunit} Col– etb3 I learns mo' ed closer htng ber.hs m the ~tate pla)'–

r."\. lt>d Co-Lm w1th 20 pomts.

matchup IS also "Be OurGuest Ntght" fo1 area high school students who will be admtlled free to the South p ivi– SIOn contest. WARRIORSDEFEAT MISSISSIPPI COLLEGEJV East Central teams took a break from division competition on Monday, February 4, as the Warriors traveled to Clinton take to take on the Mississippi College junior varsity and the Lady Warriors were guests of na– tionally ranked Meridian Community College. The EC men - led by Denson·s 34 pomts- posted an 88-77 vtctory wh1le the women were not as fortunate as they fel198-74 to the Lady Eagles. In addition to Denson, other Wamor scorers were English. 13; Craig, SlX; Crenshaw and Bobbitt, five each; Qualls and Florence, two each; and Richardson and Hatch, one each. Lady Warrior point makers were LaCour, 20; Ford, 10; Ben, nine; Cumberland, eight; Foley and Brown, seven each; Eichelberger, slX; Patsy McKee of l'orest, five; and G1ddmgs. two.

The LadyWolves led 30-23

at the break.

ofl1 b) da1mmg \1C:tones O\ cr 'tsit- gCoplah-Lm\. In Communuy Col– le.:e ... quad~ Thursda) n1ght m the Brackeen-Wood gym The Lady Wamors rallied to upend the nationally ranked Lady \\ ohe, -2-66 and l\vc:nged an earlier -2-63 kh:.On the Wesson campus.The EC\ tctory also gave Co-Ltn its only second regular-season defeat in rwo }ears \\'Jth their victory, the EC \\omen .mpro\ ed to 11-7 overall and 5-3 m the South DIVISion, while J41h ran~ed Co-Lm dropped to 16-2 and 6- 2. N1kk1 LaCour of ~atchuoches (La )Central was again me top :o~corer for the Lady Wamors, as she pumped in 26 pomts. Also scor– mg \\ ere Chrisnna Ford of Enterprise, 16; Lon Cumberland of Leake Acad– etn), l-t Shell} GtddingsofPhiladel– plua Po\ <>IX Ashley Brown ofScott CmrraL fi, e T amek1a Foley of ew– Co nt) · 1 haneka C1srrunk of 1lle. ~ ...., Jnd '1eltnda Ben .. C.enrral one T Bums of Naslr•dle.

East Central's Warriors posted a 77-64 decision over the Co– Ltn men and earned a split ofthe sea– son series. The Wolves earlier claimed an 80-74 win. With the victory, EC im– proved to 8-10 overall and 3-5 in the division, while the Wolves dropped to 6-12 and 3-5. Corey Hornsby of lstrouma (La.) High School Jed EC with 24 points. Other scorers were Winfred Craig of Louisville, 19: Maurice En– glish ofUnion, II ; James Denson of Choctaw Central , nine; Donze! Crenshaw of Rldgeway (TN) Ihgh School, seven; KevrnBobbitt ofLake, three; and Dernano Qualls ofNewton and Clint Hatch of Carthage, two eac~. Bruce Sm1th ofBrookhaven led Co-Lin with 15 points. EC held a 41 -32 advantage at halftime. East Central teams travel to Southwest Mississippi Community College on Monday, February II and \\ill host Jones County Junior College on Thursday. February 14. The JCJC

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