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MCC .-"' sna::: .~-~a 3-pointers, while ECCC had nine.

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::ciT'o.. sc~ s :::6 no r:ts clearly led the Eagles in the first half, but the :.a me~ ~a:: a oa anced attack with Martin, Corey Hornsby, and ::>cr::a Cre-s-a.·. each with nine points, Desmond Jones with eight, a-cera-co- '.4ason w1th seven. ::ccc . er'li lp by 11 at 60-49 with 18:19 to go on consecutive steal~ anc aJ -PS bf Hornsby and Kevin Bobbitt. •·:-:.'l Edmonson out for the remainder of the game with an ankle ...,... ry me ::agles turned to big man Kenny Boyd inside and he ree ed of six straight points as MCC got to within 64-61 with 15:43

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A 3-pomter from Tavares Childs tied the game at 69-69. The struggle

~-:.a :a ,.. me MACJC was deadlocked four more times before Crenshaw gave ECCC the • -:a""s advance to the lead for good at 94-92 with 2:42 remaining. Hornsby added a free =-- -e tes in the first throw, then canned a mid-range jumper with three seconds on the shot clock and 59 left in the game to put the Warriors up 97-92. ~ :::a..... , a 54-4 7 lead into ECCC hit 7 -of-1 0 free throws over the final minute to seal its second - _--e-s 'rom Jamaal win over the Eagles this year.

'We both shot it real well in the first half," Smith said. "It was just a :juestion of who made the shots down the stretch and fortunately we had enough of a lead when it became a free-throw contest. We made our free throws and got some crucial rebounds inside the final minute ."

_ ~ sa c ·nat gives us a _..;-eO to end up tied v. th c:... _ 'e'lo an. I th1nk both ..a-c :)()th halves."

-; • ~CC coach George Hornsby led ECCC (12-9, 6-5) with 29 points. Crenshaw scored 16, - o cc-e r nere s-,o-.-~anded Jones had 14, Mason and Demario Qualls both had 11 , Martin addec but n ne, and Bobbitt finished with eight. . • ey ·.on: MCC (1 0-11, 5-6) got 26 points from Edmonson , 21 from Boyd , 15 from Quadrick Griffin, 10 each from Childs and J.R. Willis, and nine from Jamaine Winfield. _ ~-=·as ..a.....a Edmonson hit his - .c~ ; • 0' ~e .. - combined treys'Jamal sprained his ankle pretty bad in the first half and he tried to gc .a:1c ::ccc e ght. Jack and battle, but that's part of the game," Brooks said. "You have :o absorb injuries and keep coming."

:.-a: - ocge said of the first 4:32 The Lady Warriors used two hot starts to each half in beating MCC .--.---~=s :;:,• ~'"'e second half. "We were for the second time this season. -.s o,g as Monique Horner is __.. "*s out we'll take it. It's a good ECCC scored 14 of the game's first 15 points with Patsy McKee connecting twice from 3-point range. ;;..-.,-{,"==--.a especially defensively. Any The Lady Warriors had their lead cut to five (29-24) on a free throw 0 ... e done a good job." by Chelse Alford with 2:18 to go in the half, but a basket by L~nor~ Gray and a 3-pointer from Tamekia Foley sent the Lady Warners mtc

as 25 (56-31) before closing with the break with a 34-26 advantage.

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