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play. "'That's just her," said ECCC head coach Brad Hodge of the freshman guard. "If she gets that first one, she can get on a roll pretty good. That was a big difference in the ballgame. That's just her skill level, and we try to take advantage of it when she starts getting her feeling." A 9-0 ECCC run extended the Lady Warriors' lead to 65-42 with 6:34 remaining. Ten Lady Warriors scored, with eight having from six to 11 points. India Backstrom had 11, Kristin Chaney and Shannon Lloyd both had 10, Kim Cox and Sara Judice both had nine, Kotreece Bender eight, Aja Loveless seven and Young and Heather Steele both had six. "With this team, that's what we've got to try to get," Hodge said of the scoring balance. "We · can't be a one-woman show. We're starting to get more contributions consistently on the offen– sive end. We're pleased with that for 20 min– utes." Cox also had six rebounds and six assists, while Chaney had six steals and five assists. Bender had eight rebounds, Lloyd had five and Backstrom had four. Southwest (2-11, 0-5) got 14 points from Michelle Cochran, 12 from Yolanda Grady and 10 from Charity Barnes.

getting the rebound this time. However, Walker missed a trey with 27 seconds left. Southwest's Devin Jones missed the front end of a one-and-one with 25.4 seconds left, but Stallings picked off a Warrior pass just beyond midcourt. Crumedy missed two free throws with 17.6 seconds remaining to give the Warriors their final shot at the win. Ricardo Alcantar missed in the lane and Ryan Hudson was unable to connect on the putback attempt. . Walker led ECCC (4-12, 1-4) with 13 points. Andrew Lewis had 11, Hudson nine and Coshune Bingham and Terrance McNichols both had six. The Warriors led 31-24 at halftime. Southwest (8-5, 2-3) got 16 points from Jones, 15 from Crumedy and 12 from Stallings. ECCC (women) Southwest 77 58 The Lady Warriors kept their pQstseason hopes alive with a solid second-half effdrt. ECCC inlProved to 10-6 overall and 2-3 in the South Division. Clinging to a 34-32 lead, Tierra Young scored all six of her points to ignite a 13-2 ECCC run that put the Lady Warriors up 47-34 with 14:16 to

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