2005

WEEK OF Suo d. 4 EC Lady Warriors snap losing streak by trouncing Hinds 84-47

1"awon \\ a ··er oi \,eshoba Central. 16 each; R) an Hud::.on of Louisville, nine, Garrick Nichols of Tho.rnn: town, eight: Pierre Barlow ot rott Central, seven; Ryan Rodgers of Tri Ctties High School. Atlanta. Ga., six; Ricardo Alcantar of ·cwton County, five; Andre Coleman of Loutsville, Jacques Jone:. of Forest, Chavlon Eilts of South Leake and Justin JIarris, a product of Southside High School in Atlanta, two each; and Coshune Bingham ofNewton, one. Kiki Christmas of Jackson pumped in 26 points to lead Hinds. The Bulldogs led 39-30 at the break. ECCC hosts Southwest Mississippi Community College Monday night and travels to Mcndian Community College on Thursday, January 27. The Lady Warriors of East Central Community College cruised to a 77-58 wm over visiting Southwest Mississippi Community College Monday night, but the Warriors were not as fortunate in their matchup as they were edged 56-55 to the Southwest men. India Backstrom of Neshoba Central had 11 points to lead the Lady Warriors who improved to 10-6 overall and 2-3 in South Division action. Other point makers were Shannon Lloyd of West Lauderdale and Knstin Chaney of Newton County, 10 each; Kim Cox of Lake and Sara Judice, a product of Teurlings Catholic High Schon! in Lafayette. La.. mne each: Kotreece Bender of Ne\\tOn, eight: Aja Lovelc~s ofNewton. seven: Heather Steele of 'anih \\ai)a and Tierr .. Yopng of South Leal:e, six each, and

Roxana Rogers of Lake, one.

A lhree-game losmg 'kid came to an end for the East Central Community College Lady Wamors who cruised to an 84-47 thumping of Hmds Commumt) College Thursday night m the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus The easy 'tctol) abo pro– vided the East Central " omen \\ttl their first South Diviston win in fout tries. The Lady Wamors iiT'pro' ec' to 9-6 overall whtle the Lady Bulldogs fell to 3-11 and 0-4. Tierra Young of fouth Leake led the Lad} Warriors in ~cor­ ing wtth 14 points. A•so scoring were Shannon Lloyd of ~\'e:.t Lauderdale, Kristin Chane) of Newton County and Aja Lo\eless of Newton, etght each: LaSaundra Harrison of Umon. Kim Cox of Lake and Kotrccce Bender of Newton, seven each: Sara Judice of Teurlings Catholtc (Lafayette, La.) and India Backstrom of Neshoba Central, six each: Dommetrix · Hunter of Philadelphia, four; Heather Steele of Nanib Waiya and Roxanna Rogers of Lake. three each; and Ashle:,. Flmt of Choeta"' Central, one. LaShawnda Pryor of Ferrida:,., La.. led Hinds with II points. EC held a 46-28 advantage at halftime. In the men's contest, East Central was outscored 90-76 by the Eagles who remain undefeated in division play. With the lo-;s. EC dropped to 4-11 overall and 1-3 m di\ iston play, '~htle Hinds improved to 9-5 and 4-0. Warrior point makers \I.C:re

Michelle Cochran of Chatawa had 14 points to lead the Lady Bears, who slipped to 2-11 and 0-5. East Central held a slim 32-30 advantage at halftime. In the men's contest, the Warriors dropped another close con– test after Ryan Hudson's potential game-winning lay-in would not fall as time was expiring and Southwest held on for the one-point victory. East Central. which dropped to 4-12 and l-4, has lost three division contests by a com– bined nine points (Co-Lin, 76-73; Gulf Coast. 84-79; and SouthwesL 56-55). Tawon Walker of Neshoba Central was the leading scorer for EC against Southwesr; as he pumped in 13 points. Also scoring were Andrew Lewis of Morton, I I; Hudson, a product of Louisville High School, nine; Terrance McNichols of Gautter and Coshune Bi ngham of Newton, six each; Ricardo Alcantar ofNewton County, five; Andre Coleman of Louisvtlle and GarricJ... !\ichols of Thomastown. two each; and Ryan Rodgers. a product of Tri Cities High School in Atlanta. Ga.• one. De\·m Jones of Vicksburg pumped m 16 pomts for the Bears, who tmpro"'ed to 8-5 and 2-3. EC led 31-24 at the break. The Lady \\ amors and Warriors travel to Mendian Community College Thursday night and host Pearl Rt\ er Community College \fonday night. The ECCC/PRCC games can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) featuring veteran broad– caster Melvin Wooten. - -··- - · .. __ ... ....... ....., ,~ ...........

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