2002

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ECCC's LaCour Wins MVP Honors Following South All-Stars' 97-70 Victory

the South behind B. J. Townsend of Holmes and Jason Rogan of North– west, who each had 22 po1nt s. Townsend was named most valuable player. .• Other North scorers were Khamari Ballard of Northwest, 16; Greg Tucker of Holmes, 15; Trent Vaughn of ltawamba, 12 ; Andre Amos of Northwest, 10; Dennis Dupree ofEast Misstsstppt and Prince Thompson of Itawamba, seven each; bsac Green" ood ofHolmes and Shun Jenk•ns oi llav.amba, six each; and -\Inn H3ITIS II ofCoahoma. two. Don S e'ton of~onh"est served as head .:o_ch South pomt makers were \\ esle: Haynes of Southwest, 21 ; M:rrqua ~loltrie of Gulf Coast, 19; Edward ~lack of Hinds, 17; James De::son of East Central and a former sondout at ChoctawCentral, 16; Bran– don Gnffin of Southwest, 13; Wand Ste\\ ard ofPearl River and B. J. Black of Copiah-Linco1n, 12 each; Willie Breland ofGu1fCoast, six; Chris Parker of Hinds, three; and Nick Paige of Jones, two.Winfred Craig of East Cen– tral and a former standout at Louis– ville also saw action. Bill Wallace of Southwest served as head coach. The South held a 56-52 ad– vantage at halftime. Sponsors ofthe MACJC All– Star Basketball Games are Silver Star Resort and Casmo. Choctaw Central High School, ~hsstss1pp1 Band of Chocta'' lnd1ans. :O.hsstssippi Sports ~ledicine, Pepst Cola and East Cen– tral Community College.

Jones, four; and Brittany Sumrall and Demesba Chambers, both of Jones, two each. Mark Swindle of Southwest served as head coach. North point makers were Monica Lee ofHolmes, I0; Chassidy Jackson of Northeast, nine; Susan Spencer of Northeast, eight; Casper Bobo of ltawamba, seven; Schneka Harris of Coahoma and Donna Franklin of East Mississippi, six each; Katie Walker of Northeast, and Shanna Woodruff and Rakita Jones both ofltawamba, fi, e each; and Jen– nifer Hanna and Andrea Carothers both ofNonh" est and Shrrle~ G... od, of ~hsstsstppt Delta. four e:1cb Do~ Edv.ards of~on!lv.es1 seneJ ~~rl coach

East CentralConununityCol– lege basketball standout Nikki LaCour poured in 20 points and led the South All-Stars to a 97-70 rout ofthe Nonh Titursday night in the annual MACJC All-Star Games held at the Choctaw Central High School gym. LaCour, a product of Natchitoches (La.) High School, was named most valuable player follow– ing her performance. Lady Warrior Lori Cumberland of Leake Academy also played a key role in the South's victory and added six points. Also scoring for the South ''ere Chnsty Brown of Copiah-Lin– coln, 12; Dee Flennory ofPearl Rl\ er and Mtnd)- Ln·audalS ofCoptah-Lm– coln. 10 each; Tract Forrest ofSouth– "est rune ~:uhash3 BoothofSouth– \\ est and \\'ancb Farmer ofG...!:"'Coast, etgbs exh; Co b.:.e.of Sooth-

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