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ECCC ladies spl it pair The Lady Warrior~ .-.plit their two outh D1vision contests last week. \\inning 96-82 over Gulf Coast before a 69-60 loss to a solid Pearl R1ver quad.

Ea.-.t Central's men entered this week wtth an overall record of 10-8, \\1th a 4-4 mark in division play. The EC\loomen are 11-7 and 53. Both ...quads were to hoM Hinch. Monda). and they go to Southwest h ,t.,~•ppi Thursda) before returning to !Xcatur next Monday (Feb. 10) to entertain Meridian. All three matcbup are division showdowns.

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10 points and Leverette had nine. • East Central men: The \\amon. watched a double-dJgil lead •dip away in the final mmutes last ~1onday night at home agamst Gulf Coast. falling in a one-point thriller. Corey Hornsby tossed m a game– high 25 points to lead East Central, \.,hiJe Brandon Mason scored 12 and Donzel Crenshaw 10. AI Willis tallied seven pomts. while Jamaal Martin and former Neshoba Central standout Desmond

• East Central women: Freshman Lenore Gray of ewton was the hero last Monda) mght against Gulf Coast. as she cored a game-high 27 pomts and grabbing J 5 rebounds to pace five Lady Warriors m double ligures. "ll's a different person stepping up every night ... that's what you've got to have to have a chance." East Cen– tral coach Bmd Hodge said. In addition to Gray's performance, the Lady Wamors also got 16 pomts from Tamekia Fole) and 15 from Brit– ney Burks. Ebonee Leverette scored J 2 points, while former Neshoba Cen- tral standouts Miranda Ro~ar (I 0 pomts) and Elyse Willis (rune point'>) combtned for 19 points. Kimyalta Viverette tossed mseven. Willis scored six of her nme pomts during an ECCC run to turn a three– point Lady Warrior lead into a 74-65 advantage. Gulf Coast fell to 13-5 overall and 4-3 in the djv1sion.

Jones had six points apiece. Malcolm Woods led Gulf Coast (9- 9, 3-4) with 17 points. At Pearl River. the host Wildcats maintained their chase for the South Division title by outscoring East Cen– tral 55-34 in the second half. Pearl River is now 16-3 overall and 6-2 in the South. The Warners lost de pite 17 points from Hornsby and lO from Crenshaw Qualls tallied nine points. Bobbin had eight and Jones six.

Agamst Pearl River, the Lady War– riors were down just 28-26 at halftime, but couldn't stay with the Lady Wild– AP p = cats- who moved to 15-4 and 6-2. ~1onique Overstreet led East Cen– LAK = ':'al \\ ith 19 points in the loss. while sco- 3wts scored 13 Viverette clup~d in

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