2004

Martin liit six 3-pointers and made 14-of-15 free throws to lead the Warriors with 34 points. The Warriors improved to 7-11 overall and 2-6 in the South Division. Pearl River fell to 12-6 and 5-3. "We missed so many free throws in the first half that I told them if we didn't tight– en up. that could be the dif– ference in the game." Sinith said. "Of course. with all the excitement, it would have still been a close game. but they stepped up and made them in the second half." The Warriors also made 12 shots from behind the arc. "We have to live by the 3 and die by the 3, and tonigli.t. we probably made about half of them," Smith said. "That was a b1g win for us. That's two No. 1 seeds that we've knocked off." ECCC also got 15 points

ECCC (M) 79, Hinds 73 ' For just the third time this season, the East Central men won back-to-back games, beatingHinds 79-73 Monda~~ With the win. the War– riors improve to 8-11 on the season and 3-6 in South Divi– sion play. Hinds, which was leading the South DiviSion with a 5-3 mark. falls to 11-6 overall and 5-4 in Division play. The win avenges an earlier 71-68loss to Hinds on I)ec.8. • ECCC had a balanced scoring attack as four War· riors scored in double fig– w·es with Jamaal Martin leading the way with 16 points. Ne\'<1:on County's Al Willis added 14 points and Neil Tadlock and Dewayne Hughes each had 10 points apiece. East Central overcame a 39-34 halftime lead to get the win.

ECCC (W) 72, Pearl River 56 The 17th-ranked East Cen– trai women didn't do any– thing fancy in avenging one of their two losses Yo ith a 16- point win. But the Lady ·warriors were quite effecthe with what the~' did. Twelve of ECCC's 13 pla} ers scored with Rita Birden's 12 points lead in the Yo ay. Lenore Gray and Monique Over– street both had eight, Kric:tin Chaney, Kim Cox, and India Backstrom each hall seven, and Kimyatta Viverette had six. "That's a good balance," ECCC head coach Brad Hodge :said. "We got to play a lot of people. We fortunately camP out in the sPCond half really well and played good defense and got a cushion. That allowed us to play a lot of people and a lot of people