2004

CCC tips off in JCAA tourney·

ounds like they're a very tal– ented team. We're looking for– ward lo playing them. It'll be a challenge. 1 know we're going to have to have our 'A' game to play them, They beat Northeast pretty good and we lost to them~ down the-re. I don't feel like we· played our begt game (at North– east). We're playing a little bit better now, but who knows? "When we throw it up, we're going to find out," Childress added. "I know that Chaney's ; an awful good player, and I · know that Gray ic:; an awful good player. Dean Randall Lee (a Beulah Hubbard grad and fornwr ECCC student and dean) works at Three Rivers. In fact, Chaney goes to the qme church as him (at Little Rock), so we've got some common ground there." Thret• Rivers is ranked fifth - in the NJCM in free-throw per· centage at 69.2 percent. Two of the Lady Raiders' biggest wins this season have come against fifth-seeded Southeastun Illinois College. Three Rivers won 84-73 at Poplar Bluff. Mo., on D<>c. 1 and whipped the Lady Falcons 82-57 at Harrisburg, Ill., on Feb. 23. 'nte Lady Raiders' other lm;ses have come to Coffeyville (Kan.), which finished 22-10, Chipola (Fla.). Moberly, and Crowder. East Central hasn't lost since falling at Pearl River on Dec. 4. fhe Lady Warrior" defeated Copiah-Iincoln 52-45 for the Region 23 crown on :vtarch 4. Ille Lady Warriors are ranked 19th in the NJCM in points allowed, giving up 60.64 per outing. ECCC averaRes 73.4 poin•o.;,

By Marty Stamper & sp<-•·s assistant :\Il~A. Kan. - Enough already. h of the waiting, the bus e hour' of practicing. Ea Central Community College's

care of our business and try to get a full-court game for 10 min– utes and take advantage of our speed and quickness. If we can do that, it would be to our advantage. "If it's a half-court game, we're not afraid of that either, but we definitely want to try to take them out of their game:· Top playcrsforThree Rivers are 5-foot-6 sophomore guard Jessica Wilson (13.2 ppg). 5- foot-7 ::;ophomore guard Ashley Williams (12.9 ppg), 5-foot-7 sophomore guard Blis::; Roberson (12,6 ppg), 5-foot-10 sophomore guard Nicole Rivers (10.0 ppg, 5,7 rpg), 6-foot freshman center Emma Led– waba (9.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg) from Cape Town, South Africa and 6- foot-3 sophomore center Vic– toria Richards (8.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg) Leading the Lady Warriors are 6-foot-1 gophomore Leno ,e Gray (12.9 ppg, 8.0 rpg), 5-foot- 4 freshman Kristin Chaney {10.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg. 2.4 .tpg), 6- foot sophomore Kimyatta Viverette (8.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg), 5- foot-9 sophomore Rita Birden (9.8 rpg), 5-foot-9 freshman Kotreece Render (7.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg), 5-foot-1 I sophomore Monique Overstreet (4.2 ppg, 2,0 rpg). 5-foot-10 freshman India Backstrom (4.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg). and 5-foot-7 freshman Kim Cox (4.0 ppg). Head coach Jack Childre~s is in his lllh year at Three Rivers with a 233-106 record over that span, "We've got a little bit of infor– mation on them," Childre..,, said of the L'ldy Warriors. "It

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NJCAA Di..;..;ion I Women's National Champion-.hip game against the sev– enth-:.eeded Lady Raiders (26-5) of Three Rivers (Mo.) Community Col· lege. 'flle game can be heard locally on WZKR (103.3 FM). The two have one common oppo– nent this season - Northeast Missis– "ippi Community College. The. La~y Warriors led by as many as 38 pomts m \\·hipping Northeast 92-67 in the Region 23 Tournament at Clinton on March 3, ~ortheast defeated Three Ri-.er 96-87 on Feb. 12 at Booneville. Three Rivers led 47-40 at halftime before getting outscored 56-40 in the second half. 1llev can shoot it really well," said ECCC third-year head coach Brad Hodge of the Lady Raiders, who are shootin~ 49.7 percent "They're prob– ablv the most fundamentally sound teain in the half-court offense we've faced all > ear. 1lley're a well-coached team, and they beat Moberly (Area Community College) by 30 (82-52) in the Region 16 champion:.hip game, so they've got to be doing .... om~thing right," Hodge added. ·ob.. ;ously, we've got to take See ECCC Page 83

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