2003

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East Central women improve to 3-0

both East Central teams head to Holmes next Monday (l'IIO\ 18). • East Central "omen: lht eigbt 3-pomten. helped tum an early dehcit mto a 50-33 lead for the Lad., War– riors last Thursday night at Ea~t Mts– sbsippi Communit) College ECCC coach Brad Hodge ~o.a.led it one of the best shooting performan~ he'd seen, and it helped the Lad) War– riors hand an injury-ridden E.\ICC squad it:. f~tstlos after two wm~. Kri~tcn Chaney and Lenore Gra~ pumped in 20 points apiece to lead the Lady Warriors, while Monique Over– street scored 14 points. Former Ncshoba Central stars Miranda Rosar and India Backstrom had seven and six poinL"- respectively. Last Monday at home agamst Delta, the EC ladies won 66-63 behind IKpoints from Ktmyatta Vivcreue. Amanda LaCaze added 14 point:. in that win. while Roxana Rogers and f!rimcy Burks c.:hippcd m with 'i'<

points each. Jazmin Cain had a game– htgh 18 for the Lady Trojans. • East Central men: The Warrior~ let one get away at Scooba last Tbur..– da). as homestanding East Mi~si..<.stppi fini.J.hed the game on a 15-2 run 10 knock off ECCC. The host Ltons were 8-of-8 Jrom the free-tbr~1w line during the final two minutes and got a game-high 23 pomts from Pl11llip Lockhart. East CenLtal lost dcspllc 16 p(lillt!> from Dcwayne Hugbe:. and 12 from fom1er "'leshoba Central ~tandout Desmond Jones. Jumaal Martin ch1pped in II. while freshman Shaun Dougherty of Choctaw Central wa-, pan of a balanced sconng attack Wtth five points. The Warriors were 83-80 losers to Delta la.<,t Monday. dc!.pitc 17 point!. aptece from Hughes and Jones and 10 points each from AI Willis and Neil Tadlock. 1\cshoba product Tawon Walker hM stx points tn that loss.

By ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM Spnrt\ Editor ----------- A red-hot bunch ot Lad) Wamon. from East Central Commuml.) Col– lege knocked down eight3-pointen. m the tirst half alone last Thun.day night at Scooba, propelling themselves to a 90-57 victory that kept them undefeat– ed on the young season. Ea<>l Ccntral'~o women. who also beat visiung Mississippi Delta last Monday night at home, are now 3-0 on the se.~on. while ECCC'r. men are 1-2 after falling to both Delta and EMCC ECCC was slated to host Holm~ Monday. and the EC women will go to Shelton (Ala.) Stale Saturday before

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