2005

ECCC teams off to rough start in new year • Lady Warriors start new year with win over ltawamba, both teams lose to Co-Lin. Special to The Record South Division competition began on a disappointing note for the East Central Community College women and men's bas– ketball teams who were swept by visiting Copiah-Lincoln Community College Monday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building. The Lady Warriors - the defending division, MACJC and Region 23 champions- were outscored 66-61 and the War– riors were edged 76-73. Kristin Chaney; a sophomore product of Newton CountyHigh School, led the 24th-ranked Lady Warriors with 17 points. Also scoring for EC, which fell to 8-4 and 0-1, were Kim Cox of Lake, 13; Tierra Young of South Leake, 11; India Backstrom of Neshoba Central, eight; Shan– non Lloyd of West Lauderdale, six; Sara Judice of Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, La.. four; and LaShaundra Harrison of Union, two. Co-Lin held a 35-30 advantage at the break

Co-Un (M) 76, ECCC 73 In men's action, sophomore Andrew Lewis' three-point attempt to tie the contest in the game's final seconds· bounced off the rim and the Warrior rally fell short as Co-Lin came away with the narrow victory. Lewis. a former standout at Morton High School, had 18 points to lead the Warriors, who slipped to 3·9 and 0-1. Garrick Nichols also chipped in 11 points while Newton Coun– ty's Ricardo Alcanter ahd nine points. Ledell Eackles of Baton Rouge pumped in 25 points to lead Co-Lin, which improved to 7-5 and 1-0. Co-Lin led 35-25 at halftime. East Central teams travel to Gulf Coast Thursday night and will agam be on the road Mon– day night for a matchup with Jones County. The Jones County

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Kristin Chaney also con– tributed 12 points in the winning effort while Kotreece Bender had six points. The Lady Warriors held a 36-25 advantage at the break. Jtawamba (M) 75, ECCC 70 In men's action, East Cen– tral fell to the host Indians. The Warriors, who - dropped to 3-8, were led by Morton product Andrew Lewis and Andre Coleman of Louisville who had 13 points apiece. Garrick Nichols of Thomastown and Jacquas Jones of Forest each chipped in 10 points. Itawamba, which

contest as well as the remaining Monday night games can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) with veteran broadcaster Melvin Wooten calling the action. ECCC (W) 71, ltawamba 56 Shannon Lloyd and Tier– ra Young each pumped in 18 points to lead the East Cen– tral Community College women to a thumping of Itawamba Community Col– lege Thursday night on the Fulton campus. The Lady Warriors, ranked 24th in the latest NJCAA poll, improved to 8- 3 following its first win in 2005 while the Lady Indians slipped to 8-3.

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