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women seek JCAA p~ize· sissippi jucos are limited to three have to hang in there on the out-of-state players on their ros- boards." ter. Midland, Northwest's open- OleMisstransfer JonathanLoe,a ing opponent, has only four in- &3 guard, leads the prolific North– state players. westoffense (89.8 points pergame) through," SkeltonsaidofSanders. Skelton and assistant Wes Flanigan scouted Midland, 27-6, when it beat No. 2-ranked Collin County, Texas, for the Region 5 championship.

"That's a plus for them, but we with a scoring average of 14.6. like the Mississippi kids we get," Arkansas-Little Rock transfer Rory Skelton said. "There aren't any Green, another wing-type guard, poor teams in this tournament. averages 11.1. Point guard Marcus The creamhas risen." Harris might be the Rangers' most Northwest's men are back in the dangerous 3-point threal NJCAAs for the third time in four Inside, Northwest starts 6-6 years. freshman Lamar Sanders (14.3 To make any kind of a run, the ppg) and 6-4 sophomore Antonio Rangers, who reached No.2 in the Shaw (11.2). national pollatonestage, will have Shaw, an undersized battler to do three things, Skelton said: underneath, is the school's all- "We'll have to shoot well from time rebounding leader and aver– the perimeter; we'll have to create . aged 10.2 per game. Sanders something on defense to get some ~grabbed 7.6 rpg. easy baskets; and we're going to "He'sgoingtobegreatbeforehe's

"They'll be tough," Skelton said. "The Texas teams are always good. Midland is tall and talented and putting it together at the right time." But Skelton believes his team, which presses and runs like UNLV of old, can make some noise with its arrayofweapons. "We got a deep bench," Sanders said. "We got four or five guys who can score 20, but we rely on our defense. When we get in trouble, we know we got a second group waitingto come in."

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