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CCC women steamroll ulf Coast · ~ By Marty Stamper 1 \lu 'l""'~ tl>)isumt DECATUR - The 15th-ranl\ed Lady Warriors of East Central Conimunity College closed out their regular season with an 85-66 win O\'er 1\Iiss issippi Gulf Coast Community College Thursday night. ECCC improved to 23-2 overall and 13-1 in the MACJC South Didsion. On Tuescla~. East Central beat ltawamba 72-58 behind Kristen Chaney's 18 points in the state tom·namcnt. The Lady War riors will play the Nor thwest-Gulf Coast winner today a t 1 p.m. The finals are Thmsday at 6 p.m. Gulf Coast, which also quali– fied for the state tournament, fell to 19-6 and 9-5. The firs t half was a s truggle as ECCC quicldy fell behind 5-0 before going up 21-14 on a free throw from Ebone'e Leverette with 8:25 remaining in the half.

Gulf Coas t battled back to tal\e a 3:3-32 lead on a 3-pointer from JoAnna Williams with 2:21 to go Sec ROLL. Page 2B

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East Central's Kotreece Bender, right, puts up a shot while Kristen Chaney gets ready to get a rebound.

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