2004

ECCC tumbles in finale Lady Warriors fali in NJCAA tourney SALINA, Kan.- The East Central Commupity College Lady Warriors picked a bad time for a cold shooting performance. Playing in the seventh-place game in the NJCAA Division I Women's National Championship, the Lady Warriors shot just 28.8 percent from the floor and 40 percent from the free– throw line Saturday ..,.,.,.~~~~ in losing 58-48 to the IW":»~t'l'!!!\'1~ College of Southern Idaho. ECCC finh.hed :~1- 4 and placed cightti in the country for Region 23's best showing of the 2000s. The 31 win~ art: a school record. Sat- t;:..!:~~~;:!:;,l urday's 48 point· m11 a season low. The Lady Warriors made just 19- of-66 field goal tries aod were 4-<>j-10 ac; the free-throw line. Sl held a l!fi-39 advantage on the boards and ~hot 10.7• percent (22-of-54) from the floor a ifd 90 percent (9-of-10) from the line. ~As many shot~ that were mi ed. there were definitclv going to be some rebounds," ECCC head .coach Brad Hodge said. "But I you :-.hol;!t2S p r· cent for the gaml' and 40"pe~ent at the free-throw lint.., you don't d serve to win. By Marty Stamper EMG sports assistant

"We ~vcr.e ortuu:ue lt \\a Jour points witt} illS ·ccon~l;! Jeft; ~eaust 1 didn't capital•~ on our-op~J?rtuniti The problem i~ wt· just rant "mutate, 6-foot-5 (Deni~a Svarova) and 6-(oot.:G (Lenka Zimova) inside. "They packed that zone in and e couldn't knock down some oneJ 3- point shots when we needed l<>. Jbat rim gets a little tighter when tnm hap– pens." Southern Idaho's Meliame Halautia scored tht! game's firstfot. ·point::. and the Lady Warriors chasert the Golden Eagles the rest of the aijernoon. csr. 29-7. held a lO.~advantage five minute~ into the gatfie. ECCC closecllol"1thin 10-8 on a 3- pointer from Kim ox with 14:44 to go m the half and a ([riving layup by Cox 71 seconds Jatc,t. Back-to-ba~k 3-pointers from Kotreece B der brought ECCC to v.ithin 17-l•:rwilh 9:18left in the hdlf. A trev from AshleyAlley and a pair ofclose:ram;c shots from Halaufia put the Golde( Eagles up 28-20 with just under four minutes showing. 9,51 took a 31-27 lead into the brerik. The Goldt n Eagles ::.cot ed the first futfF points oJ the ~econd half to take an eight-point lead.

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