2004

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"The five sophomores that it on the bench are the ones that have really made the dif– ference. A couple of them played a lot last year and are not playing much this year. They never complained and they deserve the credit for holding us together. We've got great chemistry and I have to tip my hat to those five sopho– mores.11 In addition to Burks, others in that quintet are Ebone'e Lev– erette Monique Overstreet, Hope ' Murray and Miranda Rosar. ECCC took a 30-21lead into halftime. The Lady Warriors grabbed their biggest lead of the ~a~e at 38-28 with 12:31 remammg on a put-back by Kotreece Bender. Co-Lin got to within 41-37 wilh seven minutes left on back-to-hack baskets by Gloria Lewis. A three-pointer from the top of the key by Overstreet and a double-pump layup from Kristin Chaney extended ECCC's le~d to 4~37 with 4:40 to go. Co-Lin battled back to within 4~42 on a pair of free throws from Renee Fields with 2:01left, but a basket by Birden and two free throws each from Chaney and Bender over the final 1:14 clinched the region crown. ECCC got 14 points from Chaney; seven points, 11 rebounds and two steals from Gray; seven points and sev~n rebounds from Bender; s1x points and seven rebounds from Birden; six points and two blocks from Cox; eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks from Viverette; and four points from Burks. Co-Lin, 19-10, got 14 points from Fields, 12 from Smith and 10 from Lewis.

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ECCC improved to 2S-~ and extended its winning streak ro 22. ''We did what we had to do to win, 11 ECCC head coach Brad Hodge said. "(Co-Lin coach) Gwyn Young and th~! Lady Wolves did what they had to do to give themselves a chance. They controlled the tempo of the game, and we couldn't ever make shots to get into some full-court pressure. 11 It was an excellent game plan on their part, but fortu– nately our defense was able to survive. The games we 1 ve lost were in the 50s." ECCC struggled on the offensive end for nearly six minutes to start the game, having only a Kimyatta Viverette free throw to show for their efforts. The good news was that Co– Lin held only an 8-1 advantage. Lenore Gray got ECCC's first basket on a put-back with 14:14 left in the half. After Co– Lin went up 10-3 on a basket by Travalyn Smith, the Lady Warriors reeled off 12 unan– swered points to grab a lead they would not relinquish. Kim Cox had a basket and two free thiows during the run, with Britney Burks' baseline jumper puttin~ ECCC up f?r good at 11-10With 8:42 to go tn the half. After a layup by Rita Birden, Burks scored on another baseline jumper for a 15-10 lead. 11 She was invisible in Jan– uary and February, but she did some good things the last couple of games that have helped us a lot," Hodge said of the sophomore from Scott Cen– tral.

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