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seven each ; Dewayne Hughes ofSebastopol, six; and Andrew Lewis of Morton, one.EC trailed 47-44 at the break. Against Itawamba. the Lady War- riors held dn for a 73-70 overtime win and the War- riors cruised 93-74 , sweeping the season se- ries. Lady Warrior scorers were Chaney, 15; Bender, ll; Birden, 10; Viverette a nd Gray, eight each; Backstrom, seven;

Also scoring for the Lady Warriors, who improved ~~ a:e .... r; to a ro l 0-2, were Lenore Gray perte-::"tslanin2()( .!.asthe of Newton, 15; Kristen Latt) \\ a."Tiors and War- Chaney, a product ofNew– n ;-s regi-:.tered \ tctones ton County High School, ove: Faulkner State Com- and Monique Overstreet munit~ College and of South Leake, 10 each; hav amba Community Ebone'e Leverette of For– Col e.;e. Rita B1rden , a est, eight; Roxana Rogers sophomore guard and of Lake and Kotreece former standout at St. Bender of Newton, four Fredrick High School in each; India Backstrom of Monroe. La.. cored 16 Neshoba Central, three; pmnts in leading EC to a and Miranda Rosar of 7~-s- thumping of NeshobaCentralandKim Faulkner State Saturday Cox ofLake, two each.EC afternoon on ~he Bay led 34-20 at halftime. Mine te. Ala.. campus. Sophomore guard Stephen

Dyess of Northeast Lau– derdale was the top point maker for EC Saturday with 18 points, as the War– riors claimed a 93-88 de– cision over Faulkner State and improved to 5-6. Also scoringwere Neil Tadlock of Lake, 15; Jamaal Mar– tin of Northeast Lauder– dale, 12: Ryan Hudson of Louisville, 11 ; Tawon Walker of Neshoba Cen– tral and AI Wills ofNew– ton County, eight each; Tellas Burns1de of Phila– delphia and Gernck Nichols ofThoma:>town, See "ECCC" page 7

Leverette, six; Rogers, five; Hope MurrayofWest Jones, two; and Britney Burks of Scott Central, one. The score was tied 64-64 at the end of regu- lation. The Lady Warriors led 34-32 at halftime.War- rior po int makers were Martin, 26; Tadlock, 13; Willis and Desmond Jones of Neshoba Central, 11 each; Hudson, nine; Hughes, eight; Nichols and Dyess, fi ve each ; Dougherty, three; and Lewis, two. East Central held a 45-31 advantage at the break. EC 's women defeated the Lady Indians 76-67 and the men won 67-63 to begin the 2003- 04 campaign. In games this week, EC teams travel to Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit on Monday, Janu- ary 12, and host Meridian Community College Thursday, January 15 in -- the Brackeen-VVood Physical Education Build- -–

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ing. East Central hosts Copiah-Lincoln Commu- nity College Monday, January 19.