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EAST CENTRAL LAKE REGION, ND 74 66 Lady Warriors bring Kansas jinx to big halt By MARTY STAMPER Special to The Democra_r____ SAUNA, Kan.- The Kansas jinx was official– ly put to rest Thursday morning as East Cen~al Community College knocked off Lake ~eg10n (N.D.) State College 74-66 in the NJC.AAL?tVISton I Women's National Basketball ChampiOnship. ECCC got ils 30th win of the season and advanced to a noon contest on Friday Weatherford (Texas) College, 25-10. ECCC went 0-2 in the 2001 Chaney finished with 18 points, four rebounds, two steals and two assists. She,played a team-high 34 minutes. K.imyatta Viverette bad 11 points. 11 rebounds. and four blocks. Kotreece Ben– der had 10 points and five rebounds. Rita Birden added eight points, Lenore Gra~ had seven points, four rebounds and three steals, Bn~e) Burks had seven points and three steals, ~oruque 0\erstreet had six points, and freshman India Bac~ strom of Neshoba Central had five points and stx rebounds. "Just to get the good taste back in our.m~~th after our performance the other night was rucc, ECCC head coach Brad Hodge said. "Now we get to s~ay alive and try to find a way to play Saturday. We ve got a tough opponent mWeatherford ·· ECCC JUmped out to the game's biggestl~ad by sconng the first I 0 points over the first four mmutes, but the Lady Royals drew even at 22-22 behtnd .12 points from Jen Streifel. who frequently got behind the Lady Warrior defense for runout layups. Streifel had 16 points by halftime as the Lady Royals carried a 35-32 lead into intermisston. Lake Region out-rebounded ECCC 25-13 in the first half. ECCC's defense, however, did force the North Dakota team into 20 first-half turnovers. "The lead was good because our press was w:or~ ing, but then we quit rotating in ~e press ~? dtdn t get back in transition when we didn I score. Hodge said. "We missed some shots and couldn't get in the press as lbe result See GAME 2, page 58 tournament at Salina's Bicen– tennial Center and was 0-1 this time around. But the Lady War– riors snapped their 0-for-Kansas skid by the method that's seen the Lady Warriors win 30 of their 33 games thus far - a lot of players contributing. Eleven Lady Warriors had seen action by halftime. Kristin Viverette
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"When we got m our presl>. we forced 20 turnovers at halftime Our points off turnovers weren't vel) good though. We just didn't capitalize on their mistakes and then we allowed them to shoot 55.6 percent ( 15-of-27) in the fust half." The Lady Royals took their biggest lead of the game at 40-35 on a 3- pointer with 16:25 remaining. The Lady Warriors responded with a 12-0 run to go up 45-40. Chaney bad two big plays in the run as she con– verted a pair of three-potnt plays in a 15-second span to tic the game at 40 and later gave ECCC a three-pomt lead. The Lady Warriors never trailed again. "Coach (LaCole) Brooks made the ~uggestion that we go to our half-court trap, rather than fullcoun, and right off the bat they weren't prepared for that and we go from down five to up three. It was a quick turnaround in three pos– sessions," Hodge satd. ''And when we missed shots after the 12-minute mark of the second half, we fought and were relentless on the boards. "We'd get two or three second opportunities and eventually the) had to foul because they were not m post– tion offensive!y." Viverette·s three-point pia} wtth 9:21 remaining was a prime example a~ she pulled do\\n two offen~tve boards before finaJiy putting the ball in the hole and dra\\tng a foul for a 58-52 lead. Lake Region closed to w1thin 60- 57 on a 3-pointer w1th eight mmutes left before Birden scored back to– hack baskets to give ECCC a 6-t-57
ad\antagc with 4:13left. "We got our energy back in the second half and played pren) sound defense, even though we didn't shoot it vel) we} I." Hodge said. ··our defense kept us in the game. We held them to 38.7 percent(l2-of-31) in the second half and that was a key." Viverette made two free throws 70 seconds later for a nine-point lead and Bender. Viverette, Burks and Chaney combined to go 8-for-8 at the line over the ftnal 51 seconds. The Lady Warriors made their last 18 free throws and were 24-of-29 for the game. "That's awesome," Hodge said. 'T\\Cnt)-four of 29 from the free throw line and 19-of-20 m the second half 'That shows a lot of character in this group and that h
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