2005

w EEK o F Jan I 0

ECCC Lady Warriors, Warriors fall to Co-Lin

furrit- of Thomastown, 1 J: Rt..:udo Alcantar of Newton Count). rune; Pierre Barlow of Scott Centra:. Andre Coleman of Lou~:>\JIIe, Tawon Walker of '\eshoba Central and Coshune Bingham of Newton, six each; Ryan Rodgm of Tri Cities (Ga.) and Chavlon Ellis of South Leake, four each; Terrance McNichols of Gauner, two; and Justin Harris of Southside (Ga.), one. 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 half- time. East Central teams travel to Gulf Coast Thursday night and will again be on the road Monday night for a matchup with Jones County. The Jones County contest as well as the remaining Monday night games can be beard on KJCKS 98 (9 3 FM) with veteran broadcaster Melvin Wooten calling the acnon Shannon Lloyd and T1erra Young e<~ch pumped in I points to lead the East Central Communtt) College ~omen to a - !-.:f> thumpmg of ltawamba Co-ur.u." t) College ThuMa) night on me Fulton cam– pus The ~ Wamors. ranked ~.!tl: :1 ~he late:.t ~JCAA poll, :mpr . ed :o -J follov. ing its first -'ill :!' _oos "nile the Lady Indians :.lipped to -3 EC :..:orers in addition to Llo}d. a \\e,t Lauderdale product, andYoung. who hails from South Leake. were Kristin Chaney of '\e\\10n County, 12; Kotreece Bender of Newton, six; India rc~ol

Backstrom of Neshoba Central and Sara Judice of Teurlings Catholic High School, Lafayette, La., four each; Heather Steele of ~anih Waiya, Aja Loveless of NewtOn and Erica Hardin of Louisville, two each; and Kim Cox of Lake, ohe. The Lady Warriors held a 36-25 advantage at the break. In men's action, East Central fell 75-70 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. Other point makers were GarrickNichols ofThomastown and Jacquas Jones of Forest, 10 each; Ryan Rodgers of Tri Cities High School in Atlanta, six; Terrance McXichols of Gautier and Ryan Hudson of Louisville, five each; Co hune Bmgham of Newton, four; and Jusnn Harris of Southside HS (Atlanta) and Chavlon Ellis of South Leake, two each. ltawamba, which improved to 9-3, held a slim 41-40 advantage at halftime. ECCC teams host Copiah– Lincoln Community College squads Monday night to begin South Division action. Tip-off times are 6 p.m. for the women's contest with men's action scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Monday's games as well as the remaining Monday night con– tests will be broadcast on KJCKS 98 (98.3 FM) featuring veteran broad– caster Melvin Wooten.

South Division competi– tion began on a disappointmg note for the East Central Community College women and men' basket– ball teams who were swept by .,isit– ing Copiah-Lincoln Commumt) College Monday night m th Brackeen-Wood Phystcal Educanon Building. The Lady Warrio~ - the defending division. MACJC and Region 23 champions- were outscored 66-61 and the Warriors were edged 76-73. Kristin Chaney, a sopho– more product of Newton County High 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 eshoba Central, eight; Shannon Lloyd of West Lauderdale, six; Sara Judice of Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, La., four; and LaShaundra Harrison of Union, two. Gloria Lewis of Natchez had 17 points to lead the Lad~ Wolves who improved to -4 and 1- 0. Co-Lin held a 35-3,) advantage at the break. In men's action. soph -

more Andrew Lewis' three-po1nt attempt to tie the contest m the game's final seconds bounced off the rim and the Warrior rally fell APPE short , as C?-Lin came away with the narrow vtctory. Lewis, a former standout at LAKE Morton High School, had 18 points L to lead the Warriors, who slipped to V SCO l 3.9 and 0-1. Also scoring were

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