2003

ECCC ,,~arriors, Lad y Warriors Po t '~ictories Over MCC

s..~ _T!I head coach Billy Smith, ~ MCC, I 0-11 and 5-6, were tied SJ; iocr".h place p nor to Monday's j"':"~...:p The top four teams in the 5o<:Ih and ~onh Division qualify f:r ~e state tournament, scheduled ;~:..:.:21} 2-'-27 In addmon to Hornsby, a ;:nd:lct of lsrrouma High School in 3zmn Rouge, La., other Warrior :;.:orers were Donze! Crenshaw of Ridgeway High School in ~femphis. 16; Desmond Jones of . 'eshoba Central, 14; Demario Q-..:Jlls of . ewton and Brandon b.hson of ~onh Dale High School ~ 3amn Rouge, 11 each; Jamaal c an of ~ortheast Lauderdale, ~. Ke\LO Bobbitt of Lake, eight;

and

Dewayne

Hughes

of

Sebastopol, six.

Jamal Edmondson of Montgomery, Ala., led Meridian with 26 points. The Warriors held a 54-47 advantage at halftime. . East Central swept the sea- son series with MCC, having earlier defeated the Eagles 90-83 on the Meridian campus. ln the women's contest, EC's Lady Warriors cruised past the MCC women by a 70-52 margin. Sophomore Tame)cja Foley of Newton County had 23 points to pace the Lady Warriors, who improved to 13-8 overall and 7-4 in the division under second-year head coach Brad Hodge. The win also put EC in second place in the division standings. · Other EC po~nt makers were Ebone'e Leverene and Patsy McKee, both of Fore~l, Lenore Gray of Newton and BJ!tney Burks of Scott Central. eigh~. ~ch; Monique Overstreet of ~outb Leake, six; Kimyana V1ve>ene of Lake, four; Elyse Willis of Nehsoba Central, three; and Miranda Rosar of Neshoba Central, two. Monique Horner of Meridian had I6 points for MCC, which fe ll to 13-8 and 4-7: East Central led 34-26 at the break. The Lady Warriors also swept their series with MCC, hav~. mg earlier outscored the host Lady Eagles 76-66. EC teams will host Copiah-Lincoln Community . College this Thursday, which is also "Be Our Guest Night" for area high school students. The Lady Warriors and Wamors close out season action

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CAR- by travehng to Jones County Junior NES ~ College February 17 and Gulf NEW Coast Commurury College on February 20.

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