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probably going to go head-to– head equally," Hodge said. The ECCC-Thrcc Rivers winner will play the winner of second-seeded Gulf Coast Community College of Panama City, Fla., and 15th-seeded Lake Region State College. N.D. The losers from those two contests will pair off as well. In other games on Tuesday, top-seeded Trinity Valley Com– munity College, Texas (32-0) plays 16th-seed Gadsden State, Ala. (26-5) at 8:15p.m., second– seed Gulf Coast (31-1) and 15th-seed Lake Region State (24-8) tangle at 4 p.m., third– seed University of Arkansas– Fort Smith (29-3) clashes with 14th-seed Louisburg College, N.C. (20.3) at 10 a.m. and No.6 Hiwassee College, Tenn. (28-2) plays No. 11 Weatherford Col– lege, Texas (24-9) at noon. First-round games continue on Wednesday with No. 8 Vin– cennes University, Ind. (27-4) taking on No. 9 Western Nebraska Community College (28-5) at noon and No. 5 South– eastern Illinois College (28-5) playing No. 12 Central Arizona College (30.2) at 2 p.m.

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ECCC's 29 wins are a new school record. The Lady War– riors take a 22-game win streak to Kansas. Three Rivers comes in with a 2&-5 mark. The team~ have one common opponent - Northeast Mississippi Commu– nity College. Northea.;t defeated Three Rivers 96-87 in Booneville on Feb. 12. while ECCC steamrolled Kortheast 92-67 in the Region 23 semifi– nals at Clinton last Wednesday. "You can count on me being back on the phone with C\orth– east) coach (Ricky) Ford in the morning," Hodge said late Wednesday afternoon. '"I'll try to get some ideas and some tips. He's definitely on our side to help us ~ut. At this point in the game, we'll take all the help we can get." Ford has already sent Hodge a tape of the Feb. 12 contest with the Lady Raiders. 'We've played similar oppo– nents and although the game with Northeast was an excep– tional game on our behalf, at this stage of the game, we're

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