2005

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Shannon (Lloyd) was a big spark in

Lady Eagles to within 27-26 with 4:12 to go in the half. ECCC took a 38-37lead into halftime. Kristin Chaney continued the outside shooting when she connected on a 3-pointer 24 sec– onds into the second half. A trey by Young put the Lady Warriors up 44-37 with 18:29 to play, and MCC faced an uphill battle the rest of the night. The Lady Eagles rallied to within 50-48 on a 3-pointer by Stt:phanie Douglas. but Lloyd, a West Lauderdale graduate, took over, scoring five of the Lady Warriors' six baskets in a 12-3 run that saw the visitors extend their lead to 58-48. India Backstrom, who picked up two fouls in the game's first 33 seconds and sat most of the first half, added to ECCC's inside scoring punch. In fact, Backstrom and Lloyd combined for nine of ECCC's 11 baskets in a 1 0-minute stretch. Lloyd made 10-of-11 field goals. Of her 13 rebounds, six were on the offensive end. ~I didn'tlhink that we could do that." Hodge said of his team's inside point production. "They've got a strong, big inside game that had me scared to death. Our posts just decided to play at that stage when we needed something. It's defi– nitely an improvement from where we were earlier this year with our post game. "Shannon was a big spark in this ballgame. Obviously, she had a little more to play for with this being in her backyard. It's one of her best games this year." MCC got to within 6&-60 on a basket by J.]. Huggins with 7:35 left, but ECCC's Sara Judice scored on a spin move and Kim Cox converted a steal into a layup to put the Lady Warriors up 74-64 \vith 4:12 to go. Cox made all six of her free throws over the final six and a half minutes to enable ECCC to finish 11-of-20 at the line. ECCC also got 14 points

this ballgame. Obviously, she had a little more to play for with this being her backyard.

Lady Warrior$ coach Brad Hodge

from Young, 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists from Cox, 11 point~ from Kotrcece Bender, nine points, seven rebounds and eight assists from Chaney, nine points from Back<;trom and eight points from Judice. MCC got 16 points from Huggins. 12 from Douglas, nine each from Karrnethia Mazique and Shunda Starks and eight from Courtney Wade. ECCC (men) 90 MCC 8 7 Those who stayed for the men's game saw a dandy that came down to the final horn as the bottom two teams in the South Division staged a thriller before the Warrior:; c.:ame away with the win. ECCC improved to 2-4 in the division and 5-12 overall. MCC fell to 0-6 and 3-14. ECCC struck early, taking a 15-5 lead. The Warriors were up 43-38 going into halftime. MCC led by as much as four points in the second half and took an 87-H6 IE>ad on a 3- pointer by Jordan Payne with 1:09 to play. After a Warrior turnover, ECCC's Terrance McNichols came up with a loose ball and was fouled with 14.7 seconds left. He canned both free shots to put the Warriors up 88-87. Garrick Nichols picked off a Eagle inbounds pass with six seconds left and scored on a breakaway with 0.6 seconds showing ·· MCC's Rico Gray missed a heave from just inside midcourt as the final horn sounded. ECCC got 17 points from Ryan Hudson, 11 from McNi– chols. 10 from Chavlon Ellis, nine from Ricardo Akantar and eight from Andrew Lewis. 1CC got 24 points from ayne, 13 each from Gray and Robert John50n, 11 from Keno Winston and eight each from Stanley Turner and Rashard ''·- .......