2004

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Natiotlally-ranked EC "-olllell ~Olltitltle to roll throtlgll Sotltl1 Spom Editor Southwest on Thursday. The Wamors -- --- --:-C entered this week with records of 8-12 The East Central Communtty t~ overall and 3-7 in division play. lege women JUSt conunue to c tC ECCC was to visit Meridian ~om- right along. . . munit College Monday and wtll go ~The Lady Wamors ptcked up two C ~ ·ah-Lincoln Thursday. !'\ext more dt\J~tOn wins last week .- tMo dopt (Feb 16) the Warriors and . I pcorrung on ay . • clmchmg a berth '" tle u d L dy Warriors host Jones County ~tate tournament '" the process -~~n J:nior College in a pair of South running thctr record to 19-2 o~era . - showdowns. ECCC\ women topped llmds 73 • East Central women: La~t 5-t on the road last Monday. then Th da the Lady Warriors ran thetr crui...ed p~t visittng Southwest 81-~~ wi:n y,streak to 12 games with a l~t Tbuf"da~ at Decatur to move to thumpi~g of Southwest. l m-outh D1\1~1on play. . . ECCC started the game with a 15- Ea:.t Central·~ men spht thetr two can r:ccc naae 4B conte...ts. corning up wtth a big 79 - 73 - --- . over Hinds on the road before =pping an 89-64 decision to ncme~t - By ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM

3 run and was sull up by a dozen at halftime (35-23). "No win in th1\ league i1-1 easy. but we ·u take it," East Ccntrnl coach Brad Hodge said. "We· ve played well and we've been able to play a lot of peo– ple." The Lad} Wamor~ got a game– high 23 points from Lenore Gra} m the victory. while Monique 0\ef"itreet scored nine points. Kristen Chancy. Kotrcecc Bender and Rita Birden all had eight points. Twelve of the 13 Lady Warriors scored. Southwest got IS points from Dawanna Addison and 13 from Natasha Funchess. In last Monday's win at Ilinds, the Lady Warriors rolled tQ a 40·2~. half­ time lead and coasted ro the witt behind another balanced scoring attack.

the loss to Southwest, just three days after ECCC had come through with a big win over Hinds. Against the visiting Bears Thurs– day, ECCC was up 24-21 before Southwest closed the first half on a 9- 0 run to take a 30-24 lead at halftime. Another 9-0 run·early in the second half sparked Southwest's rout. and the Bears got 19 points from NickGan1ble and 18 from Torrey Crurnedy to lead five players in double figures. Jan1aal Martin led the Warriors with 13 points. while Neshoba Central product Desmond Jones scored 12. AI Willis had nine and Neil Tadlock eight. while Stephen Dyess. Tellas Burnside of Philadelphia and Tawon Walker of Neshoba all chipped in five points. The Warriors were sharp in hl~t Monday's win at Hinds, outscoring the Eagles 45-34 in the second half after digging a five-point deficit in the ftrst 20 minutes. Martin led five ECCC players in double figures with 16 points. with Willis scoring 14 and Jones 13. Tadlock also lut for doubles with 10 points. and Dcwayne Hughes scored 10, as well.

APPEARED IN : Chaney had 12 points. Ebonee Leveretre scored 11 and Birden 10. Overstreet chipped in eight. while Kimyatta Viverette and former Nesho- ba Central star lnd1a Backstrom scored six apiece. • East Central men: The War- LAKE MESSENGER ________ n_·o_rs_· _postseason ho{Xs took a hit with

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