2004

ECCC Lady Warriors, Warriors Sweep Pearl River

Ebone'e Leverette of For– est, Bntney Burks o f Scott Central and Kotreece Bender of Newton, four each; Roxana Rogers of Lake, three; and Miranda RosarofNeshoba Central, two. Cannen Labat o f Bay High School in Waveland led PRC with 14 points. The Lady Warriors held a 33-23 advantage at ha lf– time. Jamaal Martin of Northeast La ude rdale pumped in 34 points - in– cluding six three-pointers and 14 of 15 free throws – to lead the Warriors, who improved to 7-11 and 2-6, while the Wildcats fell to 12-6 and 5-3. Pearl River was tied for the division ,lead prior to thematch-up. Martin made eight straight free throws with 1:0 1 re– maining after PRC coach Richard Mathis and wild– cat freshman Larry Brackins ofDothan, Ala., were each charged wit h two technical fouls and were ejected fr om the game Mathis had ques– tioned an official's call and Brackms received his penalty for going to the Warrior bench and sound– ing off to Warrior head

DECATUR-East Central Community College 's Lad) warriors cruised to a 72-56 win over the Pearl R.lYer Community College women and the Warriors ralhed for a 94-80 decision OYer the Wildcats Thurs– day mght m the Brackeen– \Vood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus. The EC women, ranked seventeenth in the latest NJCCA poll, im– pro,ed to 17-2 overall and --1 m South Division ac– tion under bead Coach Brad Hodge , while the Lady Wildcats dropped to 10-9 and 4-4. Win the win, the Lady Warriors also aYenged an earlier 54-52 setback to Pearl River on the Poplarville campus. Rita Birden, a product of. St. Fredrick High School in Monroe, La., led East Central with 12 points. Also scoring were Monique Overstreet of South Leake and Lenore Gray of Newton, eight each: India Backstrom of Neshoba Central, Kristin Chaney ofNewton County and Kim Cox of Lake, seven each: Kimyatt a Viverette of Lake, six;

coach Billy Smith. Also scoring for East Central were AI willis ofNewton County, 15; TawonWalker of Neshoba Central, 14; Dewayne Hughes of Se– bastopol, I 0; S tephe n Dyess of Northeast Lau– de rdale , seven; Rya n Hudson o f Loui sville, De smond Jones o f Neshoba Central and Neil Tadlock of Lake, fou r each; and Gerrick Nicho ls of Thomastown, two. Jacoby Rawls of Sumrall led Pearl R iver with 16 points. The Wildcats held a 38-31 advantage at the break. East Central's vic– tory avenged an earlier 82- 68 loss to the home-stand– ing wildcats. In games this week, East Central teams travel to Hinds Commu– n ity College 's Utica cam– pus on Monday, February 2, and host Southwest Mississippi Community College on Thursday, Feb– ruary 5 in the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education BUJ1dm_. Tip-offtim sare 6 p.m. for women's action with the men·s contest

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