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scored. "To come in and beat that group with that cushion ... we'll definitely take it." ECCC improved to 17-2 overall and 7-1 in the divi– sion. Pearl River closed to with– in 5744 with eight minutes left. but Overstreet buried a: pair of 3-pointers in a 58-sec– ond span to extend the lead to6544. "When she's hot, we've got to go to her," Hodge said. "She's a streaky shooter and • when she's on, we've got to take advantage of it" ECCC led 33-23 at halftime. ECCC (W) 73, Hinds 54 The East Central women improved to 18·2 on the sea– son as thev blasted Hinds 73- 54 Monday night. The Lady Warriors improved to 8-1 in South Division play and now have Newton's Lenore Gray led a balanced ECCC scoring attack with 13 points while Kristen Chaney had 12 omts. Ebone'e Le\erette had 11 points and Rita Bird– en added 10 ·while Monique Overstreet added eight. East Central led 40-21 at the half.

Pearl River 94-80 at the Brae keen-Wood Physical Educa– tion Building. ECCC hung around the favored Wildcats and took the lead for good on a 3-point basket from Jamaal Martin with 5:54left to go up 69-66. A four-point play by Mar– tin with 3:48 remaining gave the Warriors a 75-69 lead. Al Willis. Dewayne Hugh– es. and ~1artin both made two free shots over the next two minutes as ECCC pulled out to an 81-71 advantage with 1:47left. When Willis made the flrst of two free shots with 1:01 showing, Pearl River coach Richard Mathis and Wildcat freshman Larry Brackins combined to receive fow· technical fouls. Brackins got his for going to the ECCC bench and mouthing ofi to Warrior head coach Bill Smith following Mathis' ejection. Willis made the second of his original free throws, and Martin swished home eight in a row for the technicals to pad ECCC's lead to 91-74.

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East Central's Kristen Chaney drives to the hoop against Pearl R1ver last Thursday mght. from Willis. who made all ~even of his free shot'). Tav.onWalker had 14 points, Oewayne HughE-s scored 10 and Stephen Dye~s had seven. The Wildcats took a 38-31 lead into halitime after ECCC led 13-3 With 14:50 left in the half.

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