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Stephen Dyes scored 12 points for the Warriors, and Ryan Hudson tallied 11 in the win. ECCC (W} 81, Southwest 63 The Lady Warriors went to the free-throw line 46 times and made 33, while Southwest was 10-of-18 from the charity stripe. The Lady Warriors scored the game's first six points and led 15·3 just over six minutes into the con- test after back~to-back bas– kets by Lenore Gray. ECCC led 35-23 going into half· time. 'Twelve of the 13 ECCC players scored. Gray led ECCC with 23 points. Monique Overstreet scored nine. while Kristin Chane)'>Kotreeee Bendel~ and Rita Birden each had eight

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in the flrst three minutes of the second. the Lady Eagles cut EC's lead to 52-48, with 16 minutes left in the game. After trading three-point– ers, ECCCwent on a 12-5 run over the next 3 1/2 minutes to push its lead to 67-56, and the Lady Warriors maxed out their advantage over the Lady Eagles at 84-62, with 4:15 to play in the game. "Defensively, we have to guard better," Hodge said. "We were able to rotate more people and get fresh legs in. There is not much difference between our bench and our starters." Newton's Kotreece Ben– der scored a team-high 20 points, hitting five three– pointers in the game, and Lenore Gray added 16. Kristin Chaney, Rita Bird– en andMonique Overstreet each scored nine points for ECCC as the LadyWarriors won their 13th straight.

KYLE CARTER/THE MERIDIAN STAR ECCC's Lenore Gray (21) reaches for a rebound while being hit in the back by Merid· ian Community College's Silva Harris during the first half of their contest Monday. fourth three-point shot of the game to give ECCC an 80-79lead over MCC. "It was a big three. (HugheS) has hit some big shots for us, and that was a big shot," said Warriors coach Billy Smith. "(Willis) making those two free throws when we were up by one was big. He did a good job of composing himself.'' Hughes finished the game with a team-high 20 points. and Jamaal Martin added 15 in the win.

Southwest (M) 89, ECCC 64 ECCC grabbed an early 14-8 lead. After three ties. the visiting Bears took the lead for good on a basket by N1c Gamble with four minutes left in the first half. ECCC closed to within 35· 34 on a 3-pointer from Al Willis, but the Bears used another 9 0 run to go up 48- 36 with 13:38 remaining. ECCC got 13 points from Jamaal Martin. 12 from Desmond Jones, nine from Willis, eight from Neil Tad- lock.

ECCC (M) 82, Meridian 79 ECCC men's guard Dewayne Hughes hit the game-deciding shot with 26 ticks left on the clock in a second half that saw 11 lead changes and four ties. With the Warriors trail– ing 79-77. Hughes hit his

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