2004

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EC sweeps Co-Lin; women beat Jones East Central Community College's nationally-ranked Lady Warriors

r----=M~A:::-:C~J:-=::C~-..., and Ind1a Back- South Division strom with four Standings each. (Through Feb. 16) EC led 36-32 Women East Centra, 12-1 at halftime. Co-Lm 10.3 • EC men 64, Gulf Coast 9-4 Co-Lin 55: The Jones 7·6 \\r • b Southwest 6-7 arnors won Y Pearl River 5-8 nine at Wesson ·Meridian 2-11 as they improved Hinds 1-12 to 10-12 overa 11 Men Jones Pearl R1ver Hinds .._________, S-7. ~yan Hudson led EC with 17 points. Other pomt makers were Tawon Walker and Desmond Jones, both of :Neshoba Central, with 12 each, Jamaal Martin with 11, and Al Willis with four EC carried a 32-22 lead into halftime. Gulf Coast Southwest Co-Lin East Central Meridian 10·3 9·4 8-5 6·7 6-7 5·8 5·8 3·10 and 5-7 in divi– sion play under third-vear head coach' Billy Smith. The Wolves fell to 10-11 and

• EC women 80, Jones 54: The Lady Warriors crushed Jones Thursday at Decatur to improve to 22-2 overall and 12-1 in league play. \ EC led 38-29 at halftime, scored the first four points of the second half, and maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the night. Rita Birden led the Lady Warriors with 13 points. Lenore Gray had 10, Kristin Chaney nine, Ebone'e Levet:ette, Britney Burks, and Kim Cox each had eight, Monique Overstreet and Kotreece Bender both had five, and Kilnyatta Viverette and Miranda Rosar both had four. Jones fell to 12-11 and 7-6. • Jones 95, EC men 64: The Bobcats rolled past EC in Thursday's game at Decatur. Jones led 40-29 at halftime. EC got 27 points from Dewayne Hughes, eight from Neil Tadlock, and six from Tawon Walker in the loss. EC fell to 10-13 overall and 5-8 in league play. Jones improved to 19-4 and 10-3.

clinched the MACJC South Division title and a top seed in the upcoming state tournament with their 72-59 victo– ry over Copiah-Lincoln Community College Thursday at Wesson. The EC women, who were tied for 15th in last week'c; NJCAA poll, improved to 21-2 overall and 11-1 in the South Division under third-year head ·coach Brad Hodge. The Lady Warriors close out their regular season Thursday at home agamst Gulf Coast. The state tourna– ment will be at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Feb. 23-26. • EC women 72, Co-Lin 59: Kimyatta Viverette had 16 points to lead the Lady Warriorc; over Co-Lin, which ft ll to 14-7 and 9-3. Also scoring were Kristin Chaney w1th 15 points, Kotreece Bender with 13, Rita Birden with 12, and Lenore Gray

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