2005

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EC teams both turn in 1-1 weeks Both East Central Community College basketball teams went 1-1 last week. The Warriors won at Jones, while the Lad} \'\'arriors won at home against Hinds. combined Bender with 12, Shannon Lloyd with 11, Tierra Young with nine, and Kim Cox with eight. Brittany Reese and Jasmine McClendon had 15 points each to lead Jones, 11-4.

The Lady Bobcats led 34-32 at the break • EC men 90, Jones 80: Sophomore Andrew I ewis of \1orton pumped in 21 points to lead the Warriors to the Jan. 17 win at Ellisville. With the win, the Warriors earned their first South Division victory after sustaining two narrow losses- 76-73 to Copiah-Lincoln and 84-79 Gulf Coast. EC improved to 4-10 overall.

EC travels to Meridian on reports Thursday, then hosts Pearl River on Mondav. • Jones women 87, EC 70: The Lady Warriors suffered their third-straight division loss in falling to the highly-regarded Lady Bobcats. Sophomore Kristin Chane} ot ewton County High School, had 24 points to lead r:c, which c;lipped to 8-6 overall and 0-3 in league play. Other EC point makers were Kotreece

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In additi?n to I ev. ~s, other Y\arrior scon " " •re l~icardo Alcantar w1th 14 pomts, Pil'rre Barlow \ t• ., " d Col 'tl 11 R l , _ , "n n: eman \\'1 1 , yan Hudson with sewn, Gan l k Nichol and Ry.1n Rodgers with six each, and Justin Harris\\ ith five Jason. \Vatson h.1d 16 points to lead ltmes, R-5. The Bobcat held a shm -12-41 advantage at halftime. • E~ women 84, Hind~ 47: A three-game losing c;ktd c, 1 m to. an .end for thl' I ady \\arnors, who truised tt1 n 17-point wm r.hursd?y. night in tlw Brackccn-Wood l'hyo:;ical Educallon Btnldmg on the Dcctltur campus. Ihe l~a~iy Warriors improved to 9-6 over,11l and 1 3 m th South D1v1sion. flinds fdl to 3-11 and 0-4. .Tierra Young ol South ll•,1ke led EC in scoring w 1th 14 pomts. Sh~~nnon I loyd, Kristin Chaney, and Aja 1ovcless each had c1ght; 1aSaundra IIarri.;on, Kim Cox, and Kotreen: Bender ca~h had seven; and Sara judice and India Backstrom both had SIX. LaShawnda Pryor led Hinds with 11 point<>. EC ~eld a 46 28 adYantagt' at halftime. . • Hmds men 90, EC 76: Hinds improved to 4-0 m the divi s1on and Y-5 overall with Thursday's win <1t Dec<1tur. EC tell to 1-3 and 4-11. ' Warrio~ point mdkerc.; were Andre\\ Lewis ,md 1m' on \;_alker " .'th ~fl each, Rv.m Hudson with nine, (,arrick ~~cho~s \\ 1th e1.ght, P1errc Barlcm with seven; Ryan Rodgers "' 1th s1x, ,md R1cardo Alcant<1r with five

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Kiki Chrbtmas pumped in 26 points .to lead Hinds Thl' Bulldogs lcti-:39 30 at the break ·

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