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East Central falls to ltawamba CC

"We just didn't execute," ECCC head coach Brad Hodge said. "We didn't start the game ready to play and then we came down at the end of the game and didn't execute some plays." ECCC (2-1) got 13 points from Judice, 11 from Chaney eight from Young, seven fro~ Shannon Lloyd, and six from Backstrom. ICC (4-0) got 16 points from Jazmyn Vernor, 12 from Williams, 10 from Stanfield, and eight from Blanchard. ICC (men) ECCC 97 76 The Indians outscored the Warriors 34-13 over the final 9:52 to take the win and snap ICC head coach Marty . Cooper's 0-f? record against his former school in games played at Decatur. ECCC led 27-19 with 10 min– utes to go in the first half, but the teams had four ties including a 43-43 stalemate at · intermission, over the final 10 minutes of the half. After ECCC went up 61-56 on a basket by Coshune Bingham with 12:20 to play, the Indians pulled even at 63-63, then pulled away to improve to 4-0. "We went away from what we were doing in the first half and didn't handle the pressure as soon as we got behind," ECCC coach Bill Smith said. ECCC (0-3) got 15 points from Ryan Hudson, 14 from Ryan Rodgers, 12 from Tawon Walker, and eight from Garrick Nichols.

By Marty Stamper staff writer D.ECATUR - The Lady Indians of ltawamba Commu– nity College built a 33-22 half– time lead and held on to knock off defending Region 23 cham– pion East Central Community College 58-57 Thursday night at the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building. ECCC, which was ranked sixth in the NJCAA women's preseason poll, trailed 52-45 with 8:25 remaining before put– ting together an 8-0 run to go up 53-52 on a pair of free throws by Sara Judice with 4:21 remaining. After a driving basket by ICC's LaTanya Williams, India Backstr om gave the LadyWar– riors their last lead at 5~54 with a basket with 3:42 to go. Kim Stanfield scored in the lane for ICC with 2:23 left for a 56-55 Lady Indian lead. ECCC's Kristin Chaney tied the game at 56-56 with a free throw with 1:13 left, but ICC got a driving basket by Williams for a 58-56 advantage with 45 seconds showing. Chaney missed a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left, but ECCC got possession on a jump ball. Tierra Young misfired with 20 seconds left, but came up with a steal to set up the Lady War– riors' final chance at a win or overtime. Kim Cox was fouled just inside midcourt on a scramble for a loose ball with 2.9 seconds remaining. She made the first free throw, but missed the second.

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