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The East Central Community College men got their first win of by Marty Stamper seconds left to beat East Mississippi 88-87. The Warriors brought a 1-5 fecord into this week. ' The Lady Warriors knocked off trolmes and Easl Mississippi and were 5-1 prior to Monday's game at Northeast Mississippi. After Monday's games at Northeast, the Warriors and Ladv Warriors resume play following the Thanksgiving holidays by hosting Mississippi Delta on Monday, Nov. 29. Game times are 6 p.m. for the women and 7:45 for the men. • EC women 69, Holmes 60 (OT): The Lady Warriors outscored Holmes 13-4 in overtime to take the Nov. 15 win at Goodman. Shannon Lloyd led EC, 4-1, with 17 points. Sara Judice scored 12, Jndla Backstrom and Kristin Chaney both had 10, Tierra Young had nine, and Kim Cox added seven. EC took a 32-30 lead into half– itime. The contest was even at 56-56 :nt the end of regulation. ; Holmes dropped to 2,2. • Holmes men 108, EC 84: The 'Wllrriors fell to 0-5 with the Nov. 15 'k•s:-o nl Coodman. l{icMdtr Akantar led EC with 16 Lhe basketba 11 season Thursday night when Andrew Lewis banked home a shot with three

EC trt1ilt:d c;s"3 • EC women .. ~2, East 1\'liro;siss– ippi 58: The L,uiy hi..IITWr·•; jumpL•d out to a 21-5 le.1d in cru•,lung hC. Shannon Uo~ 1 d "..:ored ll, LaSaundra llnnic;nn h.rd 10, Kim Cox six, and H~ather Skt• ll' 1111d Aja Loveless both h.1d f1vc. A dozen Ladv \Varriors SCCIINI kemonica McCct' htrd 15 points to lead the Ladv l.it'rl<:, 1-5 • EC men S8, l:.lst Mississippi 87: Andrew Lewis hr111k(•d home the game-winning b.u;kt'l off a spin move with thn.•t• .,ccomls left to give the Warriors their first win of the season. In taking 'J'hursd.ry's lightly– contested battle .11 l)l'l'atur, EC ral– lied from an S0-70 dl.'lkit with three minutes remaining to get the victo– ry. Lewis puJIPd hC to within 85-84 when he made <1ll three free throws after bl!ing fouled on a 3-point ~tte~p! with 30.1 seconds to go. Le\vis drained a jumper from the right baseline with 22 seconds left following ,, midcou1·t steal by Tawon Walker to put the Warriors up 86-85. After Calvin Moore gave the Lions an 87-86 lead with 9.2 sec– onds showing, Lewis took the inbounds pass and connected from just inside the 3-point line for the game-winning basket. l.cwi;.; lt•d EC with 19 points. W.llk<·r h.1d 1:?. C:nnick Nichols had

10, RicardoAil\1111 McNichols st~\1.'! and Jacques Jon• Rvan Hudson 11 b~th had five. Boo RamM:) and Dupree H,11J t for the Lions, 3 \ EMCCled •l;

>'~ght, Terrance I 'terre Barlow th had six, and ll'rry Luckett ems Williams, h had 15 p oints

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TOUitll' Y Thirteen am• ~~:h schools are set to compl'te ,,, the annual Holiday Clo~ 1!' Basketball Tournament Sl lh•ilull•d Nov. 29- Dec. 4 at ECCC Girl s' and hnj ·.' learns from Morton, West I fl\i•l1·rdale, South Leake, Norlhl·;H 1 Lauderdale, ,Enterprise, Newl111 ~ 11unty, Union, Forest, Neshob.e ~ ~·ntral, Scott Central, Soulhl ,; t Lau derdale, Lake and Newton .... scheduled lo compete in the dPuuk-elimination tournament, w IJ \ competition planned in tlw 11r.1ckeen-Wood Physical Educal1111• Building and the college's South 1 .unpus gym. The Union bo} 1\i!l make their .season debut on lrt•·.,day, Nov. 30, against West Lwdl'rdale at 8:30 p.m. in the Brackt'l''·Wood Physical Education Buildin ~· The Newton County boys faCl' .,ott Central on Tuesday at 8:30 prn. in the South Campus Gym. The Union girl· meet Forest on Tuesday at 4 p.nr in the South Campus Gym. The l.ady Cougars of Newton Cou nty take on Enterprise on TuC''>(1,1y at 7 p.m. at Brackeen-Wood.

Looking to Get By ECCC's Shannon Lloyd (5) tries to get past East Mississi Ladner in last week's game at Decatur. Photo by Marty ·