2004

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ECCC Lad\r"''arriors Cruise Past .,. Jones Women· Warriors Fall

DECATUR- The nation– ally ranked East Central Community College Lady Warriors c;hook offa slug– gish first halfand rolled to an easy 80-54 decision over the Jones County women Monday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Build– ing on the Decatur cam– pus. With the win, East Central improved to 22-2 overall and 12- I in the South Division. while the Lady Bobcats fell tq I 2-11 and 7-6 The Lady \\ ar– nors, ,.,·ho clinched the regular sea~on di\1sion title last week, are tied for fif– teenth m the latest NJCAA poll. Rita Birden, a prod– uct of St. Fredrick High School in Monroe, La., led the LadyWarriors witb 13 points. Also scoring were Lenore Gray of Newton,

10: Kn:>ttn Chaney o f whi le the Warriors fell to 1\:e\\ton County. n1ne; 10-1 3 and 5-8 . The loss

also elimmated East Cen– tral from post-season play. Dewayne Hughes had 27 points to lead the Waniors~ Also scoring were Neil Tadlock of Lake, eight; Tawon Walker of Neshoba Centra l, six; Ryan Iludson ofLouisville, five; Jamaal Martin ofl Northeast Lauderdale, AI Willis of Newton County and Desmond Jones of Neshoba Central, four each. Gerrick Nichols of Thomastown and Andrew Lewis of Morton, two each. and Tellas Burnside of Phlladelph1a and Stephen Dyess of North– east Lauderdale. one each. Milton Collms ofRaleigh had 19 pomts to lead the Bobcats. East Central teams conclude regular season action by hosting Miss1ssippi Gu lf Coast Community College on Thursday. February 19. Game times are 6 p.m. (women) and 8 p.m. (men). The Lady Warriors begtn MACJC Tourna– ment action Tuesday. Feb– ruary 24 at Northeast Mis– SISS1ppt Comrnumt) Col– lege m Boomille. host of

Ebone·e l eH:rette ofFor- est. Britne~ Burk~ ofScott Central and K1m Cox of Lake. eight edch: \1onique O"erstreet ofSouth Leake and Kotreece Bender of Ne\\ton. fi\e each; Kimyatta VI\ crette of Lake and M1randa Rosar of Neshoba Central. four each; and Roxana Rogers of Lake. Ind1a Backstro.m of Neshoba Central and Hope Murray of West Jones. two each. 'atalie Jordan of\\"aynesboro led Jones County '' ith 15 pomts. In men· c; act1on, the "isiting Bobcats a\·enged an earlier 75-67 loss to the Warriors by pounding East Central '>5-64. Jones County, the top men's team in the South , Im– proved to 19-4 and l0-3,

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thts years event. Semi-fi- - ----– nals are scheduled ----- - Wednesday with finals set for Thursday. The ECCC-----– women also qualified for ------ the Region 23 Tournament. scheduled March 1-4 at - - --- – Mi ssissippi College in Clinton.