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IO::: O~ o:::W ECCC Warriors hold off Hi ds, 92-88

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By Marty Stamper EMG sports assistant

point play to give the Warriors a 75-67lcad wiU1 6:03 It•ad iu t'r~shing Iland• I~ CCC lt-d by as tuany as 32 remaining. points m.the sc·t.·oncl half. A layup by Donald Jones with 3:28 ldt knollt:d ..... Ta111eta Folt:y lt:tl ECCC with a gmne-hi~h 24 the battle at 78-78. Mar tin responded with a 3 point!;, 1 of which ,~am• • in the first half. Monique pointer on ECCC's next possession and the Warriors Overstreet addc:tl 14 with ~~ (.lozi."n ..;oming on 3 made 11-of-15 free throws over tht~ final l 51 to pointcrs l Ebom~·~~ Lcv•' n:ttc had 10, Kimyatla claim the win. Donzcl Crenshaw was 5-ol-6 at tltt• ViVf'n:ticlsevcn, a111ll ..cnon! <;ray · ,hoot the ball wt:ll. We t:hallcuged her today at the pened with Southwest." '>lwutaround ;md :;Ia: stt•ppt•d 111i and did a good job. Southwest hosted Pt•arl River on Munday "Monique Ov!:rsh t)t:l ha::; shot it well Iht.· la->t ECCC got 26 points from Hornsby, 14 fn>111 nmplc of ganws. That's the ~purl we m•t:d. If shl· Desmond Jones, 13 from Martin, 1 :l lrnm (~ut a couplt: nwrt> Hinds (7-11, :i-G) got 20 points apit't:c from Tykr (wins). Going o11 the roml11JUrsday (to Southwest) and Denauldo Bcnndl and 15 each front (;ary and wtll bt•tpugh • JorH·s. I~CCC hosts Mt•t idian unci Gopiah·l.inroln next ECCC women 72 . wl'l'l<: . • HI d 47 . l

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DECAfUR- After letting double-digit leads slip away in the final minutes of a pair of recent MACJ( South Division losses, the East Central Com111unity College Warriors were determined not to let it happen again Monday night as they held off llinds for a 92-88 victory. l•CCC improved to 11-8 overall and 5-4 in the diviHion. •We hit some good shots and made our free throws down the stretch. That's something we hadn't done in a couple of games that we got beat down at the end," ECCC head coach Bill Smith said. The Warriors led by 11 at 30-19 with 10:54 to go in the first half following a 3-pointer each from Jamaal Martin and Demario Qualls. Hinds rallied to pull even at41-41 on a basket by Mario Tyler with 28 seconds left in the first half. Dt•wayne Hughes beat the horn with a basket to givt· ECCC a 43-41 lead at the break with Corey Hornsby having 13 points and Qualls nine. Tht· Warriors stretched back out to a 10-point lt:ad 'al fi:{.;,:~ with 12:28 to go following a 6-0 run. l'hl' Bulldogs got a pair of treys from Devine Cat Y as tlll'y t Josc.'d to within 69-67 with 6:58 lefl. Mrut111 hit a trt.•y and then converted a three-

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