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I LOCAL SPORTS East Central sweeps Jones By Marty Stamper/staff writer Feb 15, 2002

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DECATUR- Going into Thursday's MACJC South D1v1s or basketball game with Jones Junior College. the East Cent•a Community College Warriors knew their miss1on if they are ;c .,.,a·: the state basketball tournament ... win each of the1r last th•ee ga~:s

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The Warners accomplished the first step w1th an 81-74 wm ove· :,..: Bobcats.

"We were in a do-or-die situation as far as making the playoffs anc think we played like we had our backs against the wall, ECCC coa::~ Bill Smith said. "We played a lot better defensively and with a 101 more intensity." The Lady Warriors wrapped up the fourth and final berth from me South Division with a 71-57 victory over the Jones women m the opener.

ECCC men 81

---· Jones 74

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The Warriors jumped out to 25-10 lead in the first 10 mtnutes tha: saw two highlight dunks and a 3-potnter from 6-foot-5 freshman Corey Hornsby. "We were able to keep them off the boards and limited them to ,us: one shot early in the game," Smith said of the hot start ECCC led 40-31 at halftime as the Bobcats heated up from 3 -po r : range, making five baskets from long range over a span ot JUSt u"c:· four minutes to close to within 37-31 . Jones battled to within a point with 16:38 remam1ng, but the War• o•s stayed ahead until Lee J. Kirkpatrick's second stratght baskett eo ;re contest at 53-53 with 11: 11 showing. Nick Paige then buried one of his four 3-pointers to give Jones 1ts only second-half lead at 56-53 with 10:55 to go. The Bobcats h1t 11 treys in the contest.

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