2002

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Lady Warriors' season ends The Ea... t Central Comm- and Shelly Giciding., made a unity College Lady \\ amors patr of tree thro''... in the ~ached the ...cmifinal round final ~cond .... to secure the of the MAQC tate up t. Tournament at Ita- Ntkki LaCour led \\"amba Communit) ~ EC 14- 0 , '' tth 22 College at Fulton Ja t &~ pomts Cumberland week where the\ lo.. t ~~ ana Chn... tina Ford to South,.,.e... t h .... 1 ,_ tf./ both <:cored a dozen ippi. point.... Tamekia Fole\ The EC \\Omen, who and A'hle) Brown both had came in seeded No. 4 trom l . .,ht, while Gidding" and the South Oivi.,ion, knocked s·,a,eka Cistrunk both had off North :-.:o. 1 Northeast fc ur. Missis~ippi in fir.,t-round EC led by as manv a... 13 from Patsv McKee. • Me;idian women 89, EC 80: The L<~dy Warriorc:; -;aw thctr season end with Monday'c; lo5s to 12th– ranked Meridian in the Region 23 l'o~rnament at Clinton. Nikki LaCour led EC, 14- 11, with a game-high 35 points. I'amckia Foley tossed in 12, Shaneka Cistrunk cored nine, Lori Cumber– land eight, and Christina Ford seven. MCC, 29-2, got 27 points

play a' all four South pointe; in the second half Division teams eliminated before the Lady Tigers made the four '\orth half teams in a late run. opening-round action on ortheast, 12-9, got 19 Feb. 26. points from Susan Spencer, The Lady Warriors 12 from Katie Walker, 11 advanced to the Region 23 from Mica Browning, and 10 Tournament at Mississippi from Lisa Moore. College where their season ortheast was onl) 14-of- came to an end Monday 23 at the free-throw Hne. night with an 89-80 loss to • Southwest·women 62, Meridian. EC 53: The Lady Warriors The defending Region 23 were knocked out of the state champions finished their sea- tournament with Wednes- son with a 14-11 record. day's loss to the Lady Bears. • EC women 70, North- Southwest doubled EC east 67: The Lady Warriors 36-18 in the first half to built a 40-30 lead in the first improve to 19-5. half as they ousted Northeast EC, 14-10, got 18 points 111 quarterfinal action. from Nikki LaCour, eight Lori Cumberland con- from Ashley Brown, seven m~cted on a 3-pointer with from Trelisa Eichelberger, six about a minute remaining from Melinda Ben, and five

from Genice 'ferry, 23 from Momque l Iorner, and 17 from Tij\\ ana Collins. MCC led 40-30 at half– time MCC led by as many as 16

OPPONENT .SUS Mississippi Delta (DH) Home Gulf Coast {DH) Away Pearl River (DH) Away Jones Away Southwest (DH) Home 1·30 Meridian Tournament Northwood TBA Copiah-Lincoln (DH) Home 2.00 Jones Tournament Hawesburg TBA Hinds 4ome 2:00 Southwest (DH) Home 1 00 Copiah-Lincoln (DH) Home 11:00

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