2002

WEEKOF

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Cumberland's 3 sends East Cent. to Regional 0 Lady Warriors drop first-round tilt 89-80 to MCC A 16-point halftime deficit over East Central at halftime. Southwest advanced to the title game where it lost 70-65 to Copiah-Lincoln. The Lady Warriors preceded that loss with a win over Northeast. Cumberland's three-point ed their Region 23 'lburnament title from last seasort by facing Meridian Community College in first-round action at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Mississippi College campus in Clinton. A second-straight Region 23

was too much to overcome for the East Central Lady Warriors who fell 62-53 to the Southwest Mississippi Community College women in semi-final action of the MACJC 'lburnament held at ltawamba Community Colle~e in Fulton last ,.,·eek. The Lady Wamor~, !.4-10 after tha: l , were led by Nikki LaCour: who had 18 points. Also 'conn~ ere Ashlev Brov:n of: Central. eigh~ Lon Cumberl2.no ~ Leake Academy, fi e rl Melinda Ben of Choctn Nata~ha points to lead • who held a

Tournament crown was not in the cards for the Lady Warriors who succumbed to nationally ranked Meridian Community College 89-80 Monday night in first-round action of the annual competition. The East Central women, who finished the season with a 14-11 record under first-year head coach Brad Hodge, trailed by as many as 18 points (36-18) during the first half, but were able to trim the Meridian College lead to 40-30 at the break.

shot with just over a minute remaining and a pair of free throws from Shelly Giddings in the game's final seconds gave East Central a 70-67 upset win over Northeast Community College, the top-seeded women's team from the North Division. East Central, the number– four seed from the South, was led by LaCour s 22 points. Cumberland and Christina Ford had 12 points each. Also scoring was Brown with eight. Susan Spencer had 19 pomts to lead the Lady Tigers. The Lady Warriors led 40- 30 at the break. ~Lady Warno~ defend-

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