2004

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EC teams get one win each East Central CommunitY

and the) v. ere better pre– pared and wanted it a lot more fuan we did." EC cut its deficit to 59-54 wtrh - :09 remammg. Hov.~er. the Lady Tigers ''en! on another quick run to p..... the lead to 67-57 with .:; - left m the game. Kri-.tin Chaney Jed EC, 5- : v. : - points. Kim Cox had 13 S~on Lloyd and 1ierra .....r.; both had 11, otreece Bender added 5e\: en. anG India Backstrom ~ ... ortheast had three p a ;-er.... m double figures. Jes ca :oo er scored 18 po Brittany Wilson addeG 1:: and Ashley Jones 11 • £C en -s, Northeast orthea... t 2-4) played a m the .fin.t half, but could..-·1 t t.. lathe Warriors in the sa-nae half of the Nov. 22 ~~ at Booneville. ¢c eG 33-31 at halftime, then rent on a 21-6 run to open the :.econd half. Tav.on \\alker led EC, 2- :: ' ili 1 points. Ryan Hud n ::.cored eight, Andre-\-. Lewis and Ryan Rod~er... both had seven, C~ n Ellis and Garrick cho ... both 5<:ored six, and Andre Co eman and Jacquas Jones boih had tive. ortheast'" Calvin \\atker ~ a game-high 2~ pomt3

• EC women 74, Miss. Delta 63: Kristin Chaney scored 19 points and Kotreece Bender had 17 as EC knocked off previously– undefeated Mississippi Delta Monday at Decatur. EC improved to 6-2, while Delta dropped to 5-1. The Lady Warriors, who held a slim 35-33 halftime edge, also got 11 points from Tierra Young, eight from Shannon Lloyd, and five from Heather Steele. )azmine Cain had 14 points to lead Delta. Jameica Gross added 11, Vancherrika Mitchell had nine, Jessica Boyd scored eight, and Sophia Townsend tossed in seven. 60: The Warriors saw their two-game win streak snapped with Monday's homecourt loss to the Trojans. Delta, led by former EC assistant coach Derrick Fears, took a 38-27 lead into half– time. Tawon Walker had 12 points to lead EC, 2-6. Ricardo Alcantar, Andre Coleman, and Andrew Lewis each scored eight points. Ryan Hudson tossed in five. Randy Young led the 2-4 Trojans with 17 points. Patrick Woodard scored 12 and Eugene Jackson had 10.

College's basketball team·s both went 1-1 in their latec;t action. by T h e Marty Warriors got Stampe r the win at Northeast Mississippi prior to the Thanksgiving break. while the Lady Warrior' defeated previously-unbeat– en Mississippi Delta Monda} nigh t in Decatur. The Lady Warriors are o- 2, while the Warriors are :!-6. EC is off the remainder o· the week. The Warriors and Lady Warriors travel to Scooba on Monday to face East Mississippi. They d out first-semester play on Dec. 9 when '\orthea... t Mississippi comes to Decatur. • Northeast women 77, EC 65: Northeast used a 10-tl run early in the second half to take the Nov. 22 win at Booneville in a battle of nationally-ranked teams. EC came in ranked ;:--:o 6 in the NJCAA women's poll while Northeast was No -· Northeast, 8-1, led 31-30 at halftime, then went on a 10-0 run to go up 51-38 with 13:09 remaining in the game. "They turned up their defense a notch in the second half and we didn't respond to it," EC head coach Brad Hodge said. "Northeac;t is a very good basketball team

• Miss. Delta men 79, EC ·

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