2004

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EC women trounce Southwest The nanonally ranked East

Wamors who defeated MCC for the second time thiS season Also scoring were Lenore Gray, 16; Rita Birden. Knstm Chaney and ~nique O>vcrstreet, nine each; India Backstrom, eight; K1myatta Viverette of Lake, six; Roxana Rogers of Lake, five; and Ebone'e Leverette of Forest and Miranda Rosar, four each. EC led 45-32 at halftime. The Lady Warriors cru~ed to a 78-60 thumping of MCC on January 15 in the Brackeen-Wood Physical EducatiOn Building. Sophomore Dewayne Hughes of Sebastopol bad 20 points to lead the Wamors who avenged an earlier 100-94 setback to the Eagles. It was Hughes' three-pomter with a just few seconds that clinched the come-from-behind wm. Also sconng were Jamaal.Martin , 15; Ryan Hudson and Desmond Jones of. II each. Stephen Dyess of. eight; AI Wtlhs, seven; Tellas Burnside of , lhe; and Neil Tadlock of Lake and Gernck "'ichols, two each. EC held a slim 36-34 advan– tage at the break. East Central teams travel to Copiah-Lincoln Community College Thursday and host Jones County Junior College on Monday and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Thursday, February 19 to conclude reg– ular season acuon.

Central, which fell to 8-12 and 3-7. Also scormg were Desmond Jone) of Neshoba Central, 12; AI Wtlhs of Newton County, rune; Nell Tadlock, of Lake, e1gbt; Tellas Burnstde of Philadelphia, Tawon Walker of Neshoba Central and Stephen Dyess of Northeast Lauderdale. five each; Dwayne Hughes of Sebastopol and Ryan Hudson two each; and Lorenzo White, one. Nic Gamble poured in 19 points to lead the Bears. who improved to 8-12 and 5-5. Southwest led 30-24 at the break. East Central teams traveled to Meridian Community College on Monday. February 9 and w11l be guests ofCopiab-Lincoln Commumty College on Thursday, February 12. It was a clean sweep Monday night for East Central Commumty College basketball teams. whtch posted wins over Mend1an Communuy College in non-diviSIOn acuon held on the MCC campus. The Lady Wamor~. ued for fifteenth 1n the latest NJCAA poll, rolled to a 91-74 victory over the Lady Eagles to improve to 20-2 overall, and the Warriors held on for an 82-79 deci– sion over the MCC men. The Warriors are now 9-12 overall Freshman Kotreece Bender pumped in 21 points to lead the Lady

Central Communny College women's basketball team Improved to 19-2 over– all and 9-1 1n South Dl\ 1ston action fol – lowmg fhursday mght's 81 -63 blowout of the Southwest Mississippi Commumty College Lady Bears in the Brackeen– Wood Phystcal Education Building. Lenore Gray of Newton pumped in 23 points to lead the Lady Warnors, who are ranked seventeenth m the latest NJCAA poll. Also scoring were Monique Overstreet of South Leake, nme; Kristin Chaney of Newton County, Kotreece Bender of Newton and Rna B1rden of St. Fredrick Htgh Schoolm Monroe. La.• etgbt each; Ebone'e Levereue of Forest, five; Roxana Rogers and Klm Cox, both Lake, and M1randa Rosar of 1 eshoba Central. four each; India Backstrom and Hope Murray, three each; and Bruney Burks of Scott Central. two. Dawanna Addison had 15 po1nts to lead Southwest. which fell to 8-12 and 5-5. The Lady Warriors. led bY. thtrd-year head coach Brad Hodge, held a 35-23 advantage at halftime. Coach Billy Smith's Warriors were not as fortunate, falling 89-64 to the v1siung Bears. Jammal Martin of Northeast Lauderdale had 13 points to lead East

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