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NACJC Women's State Tournament (at Booneville)

Tuesday, Feb. 24 NE Mississippt vs. Jones County Copiah-Lincoln vs. Miss. Delta East Central vs. ltawamba NW Misst~stppt vs. Gull Coast VVednesday, Feb. 25 1 p.m. - East Centrallltawamba winner vs. NW/Gulf Coast winner 6 p m - NortheasUJones winner vs. Co-Lin/Delta winner Thursday, Feb. 26 6 p.m. - Champtonshtp game.

nament ••t \lil>l>i,sippl College's Gold– en Domt: m Chnton. The ECCC men wrapped up a 10- 1-l season ,,;th a p:ur of tough dm..,ion lo~ ...es last week • East Central '~omen 85. Gulf Coast 66: The Lady Warriors were up just live at halftime. but pushed that lead to 17 rnidwa) through the second half and knocked ·off a good Gulf Coa~t team in the regular season fmale Thursda) at Dl!catur. ECCC got 19 pomts from Kml)at– ta V1vcrette and 16 from Kn-.tcn

Chane). Rita Birden added II pomts. Lenore Gray scored 10 and Kotrcccc Bender chipped in nine. It was tbe 16th consecutnc win for ECCC Gult Coast. which fell to 19-6 overall and 9-5 in the South Division, got a game-high 26 points from Joan– na \\1llia.ms. • East Centra l \\Omen 80, Jones County 54: The Lady Warriors expected a tough battle from rival Jones last Monda) night. and the> got one for 20 minute:-.

ECCC managed a 38-291ead m the Walker. fir:-.t half, but got a pair of quick buck-

EC \VOillCD hoping for state title No. 15 Lady Warriors in Booneville this week By ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM Sports Edam ---- One ot the most successful reg- ular-st:a.son campaign' in the hi-.– tOf) ot East Central Commumt) Collegl! is over, and tournament time has arrived lor ECCC's nation all~ -ranked \\orne •. The Lad) \\arr10n;, stlting at :\o. 15 in lru.t v.ecJ(.., ~JCAA polli. \\mppcd up a 23-2 regular– sea\on campatgn v.1th t\\O more 1mpres he \\in' l~t \\CCk. "We rcall) ha\l! pla)ed \\l!ll. but there's room lor improve– ment," East Central women's coach Brad Hodge sau.l. "Good players nu1ke good coaches ... and we· \'e got good players. But we· ve got a tough chore ahl!ad." The Lad) Warrior~ are in Boone\ illc this week. where ~orth Div1sion woml!n\ champwn orthc'!::l ts ho~ting the MACJC

Dewaync Hughes scored 16 points for the WarriOr~. and Dc~mond Jones - another "Jcshoba Central product was al~o m double figures with 12

et!'t to start the 'econd half and held a double-d1git lead the rest of the wa). Birden led a halanced scoring

attack with 13 points, while Gray pomts. scored 10 and Chaney nine. ECCC was up -ll-36 at halftime, Ebonee Leverette. Km1 Cox and th\.n trailed b) a.' many a~ 1-l poin~ in Bntney Burks all scored e1ght pomb. the ~econd hall before rall)mg to tie Jones got 15 points from l\atalie the contest at X8-88 at 1he l!nd of reg- Jordan and 14 from Brittany Baham. ulation. • Gulf Coast 99, East Central • Jones CounQ' 95, Eao,t Central men 97, OT: The Bulldogl> escaped men tH: The '1~iung Bobcat., built a with a win m an overtime thnlkr l~t double-digit lead in the fir~t half and Thursday. blistered the nets for 56 percent shooi- Gulf Coast got a 3-pointl!r from mg m their win last Monda). Courtenay Brown withju~t eight sec- :\Tilton Collm'> scored 19 points onds left to erase a 97-96 deficit, and and Timoth)' Broomfield 16 for Jones. the Bulldogs got a gamc-h1gh 23 \\h1ch placed five in double figures to p01nh from Terrell Jordan. improve to 19 -4 overall. ECCC wrapped up its ~L ~-;on \\lth llughc~ tallied 27 point~ to lead a di,appointing loss despite ~2 pointl> East Central \\ hile ell Tadlock ap1ecc from Jamaal ~lartin and tormer ~h•ppcd mc•rht and Walker six for the Neshoba Central standoul Ta'' on \\arnors. NESHOI::3A DEMUCt

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