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~ Jacksori had 25 points to lead Northeast, which fell to 20-4. East Central held a 45-26 advantage at the break. The Lady Warriors began Region 23 Tournament com– petition by knocking off Mississippi Delta Commu– nity College on March 5. LenoreGray had 13 points to lead East Central. Other point makers were Kristin Chaney,· 11; Kimyatta Viverette, Kotreece Bender and Rita Birden, nine each; and India Backstrom, seven. The Lady Warriors led 38- 27 at intermission. I ECCC 66, Delta 53

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with seven minutes left on back-to-back baskets by Glo– ria Lewis. A three-pointer from the top of the key by Overstreet and a double-pump layup from Kristin Chaney extended ECCC's lead to 46- 37 with 4:40 to go. Co-Lin battled back to within 46-42 on a pair of free throws from Renee Fields with 2:01 left, but a basket by Birden and two free throws each from Chaney and Bender over the fmal 1:14 clinched the region crown. ECCC got 14 points from Chaney; seven points, 11 rebounds and two steals from Gray; seven points and

seven rebounds from Ben– der; six 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. Warriors cruised to an easy victory over the sixth-ranked Lady Tigers in semi-final action on March3. Lenore Gray led EC with 30 points. Also scoring were Kim Cox, 11; Kimyatta Viverette and Kotreece Ben– der, 10 each: Kristin Chaney and Rita Birden, eight each. Marquetia Thomas of ECCC92, Northeast 67 The Lady

together. We've got great chemistry and I have to tip my hat to those five sopho– mores." In addition to Burks, oth– ers in that quintet are Ebone'e Leverette, Monique Overstreet, Hope Murray and Miranda Rosar. ECCC took a 30-21 lead into halftime. The Lady Warriors grabbed their biggest lead of the game at 38-28 with 12:31 remaining on a put– back by Kotreece Bender. Co-Lin got to within 41-37

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