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next opponent, ECCC bead c Underwood said. 'And a little longer to en thcwin. 1 "Jt wa~ a total team effort last week, our be!':l of the year in all three phases. We wer Ill etl~ :-olid in <>very area. Everybody got to play. It was just a P,OSitive thing for our whol team. · "Now we have to focus on our next oppo· nenl." Copiah·Lincoln comes in 1-4 but three ol the ·wolves' losses have been to teams tha arc still undefeated. "They're a lot better team than 1-4. TI1ey'v played Norlheast, Pearl River, and Northwest and they're all 5-0. Gulf Coast is 3-2 11 Under• wood said. ''To say the least, they'v~ played ~ very tough schedule. ''I ~e} were ahead of Pearl River 14-7 in lhe thtrd quarter and Pearl River ends up win– ning :l?-14. ~ey'ye played everybody tooth and na1l. They ve JUSt come up short. They're probably the most improved team in our lca!!liC from last year." Head coach of. the Wolves is former Mis– si~sippi St. assistant Glenn Davis. The Wolves a:e .av<:raging 23.6 points and giving up 36.4. ECCC 1s ay~~ging 19.4 _and allowing 18.8. "It's a d!vtswn gam~, 1t's homecoming, and a lot of lhmgs rolled mto one 11 Underwood -.aid. ~~'01ere ought to be a lot ofreasons we're ready lo play . . ~~'I11~y're the biggest team-we've played to tlu~ pomt. They're really big, large players. It's gomg to be a huge challenge." The Wolves defensive line averages 295.5 pou?~s. w~1ile the offensive line averages 286. t ... ccc 1s 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the South Division and still in the playoff h unt along with ?e~l River. Hinds, Jones, and Gulf Coast. Co·Lm IS 0-2. "If you go down t\vo (losses), you're no~ oul, but you're depending on everybody else 11 U nd~rwood said. 11 You don't control your ow~ destmy, so you want to fight to keep it at one loss. . ~~s long as we keep winning, we stay in the diVISion race and you've got a chance at one of those two spots." - Marty Stamper iAGINIAN------- >BA DEMOCRAT ____ )N RECORD _ _____ IAN STAR ..£.------– ON-LEDGER--- ---

PHOTO BY PAULA MERRITT/ THE MERIDIAN STAR

BREAKING FREE East Central Community College's Terrance McFadden (5) looks to break free from a pack of detendP.rs during the Warriors contest with East Mississippi Community College earlier this season. East C ntr I hosts Copiah-Uncoln for homecoming on Saturday, while East M1ssiss1ppi tlits the road to face powerful Northwest Community College on Thursday night. East Central enjoys win, readies for homecoming against Copiah-Lincoln from staff reports

~ It was a total team effort last week, our best of the year in all three phases.

rc when junior colleges get to enjoy ng in Mis-.issippi, but the East Cen– unity College Warriors got to savor hipping of East Mississippi last 1ght a little longer than usual as me isn't until Saturday against n. thP 11\CJC South Division con- ( m. at Warnor Stadium r"4"\\J

ECCC head coach Terry Underwood