2005

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ECCC Lady Warriors clinch playoff berth following don-, ble OT win over MCC East Central Commun1ty

Shannon Lloyd of West Lauderdale pumped in 26 points to lead the Lad) \\amors. who com– pleted a :.erie, ~" ~ep of the1r arch rival EC handed the Lady Eagles their 1irst di\'"tiiOn lol>S by posting an 85-6'7 dec1::.ion on January 27 on the MCC campus. Abo 'coring for EC were Ind1.. Backstrom of Neshoba Central. 14, K.ristm Chancy of ?\e\\ on Cou." ... 'ld K1m Cox of Lake. 13 each. Kotrcece Bender of e\\ ton. 12; -1erra Young of South Leake. eight Sara Judice of . - Teurling:. (La ) Catholic High School, seven: .1nd La aundra Ham on of Umon. o;;ix. Counney Wade of .Mend1an had 19 pomt::. to lead the Lady Eagles. The score was tied 80-80 at the end of the lirst ovenime and 71- 71 at the end of regulation. East Central led 44-42 at halftime. In men's action. the Warriors were also , 1ctonous as they cruil>ed to a 93-79 decil>ion and

a series sweep over the Eagles. East Central held on for a 90-87 wm over MCC on January 27. Ryan Hudson of Louis' ille had 23 points to lead EC. wh1ch improved to 7-17 and 4-9 under fourth-year head coach Billy Smith. Also scoring were Garrick Nichols of Thomastown. 17. Ricardo Alcantar of Newton County, l 0; Pierre Sarlo\\ of Scott Centr'itl and Jacquas Jones of Forest. nine each: Andre Coleman of Lou1sv11le, seven; Terrance ~cNichols of Gautier. six; Coshunc Bingham of ewton and Andre\\- Le,.,is of Morton, five each; and Ryan Rodgers of Tri Cities (Ga.) High School, two. Rico Gray. a product of Jeff Davts High School, had 29 points to lead MCC. which fell to 5- l9and2-ll. ECCC teams conclude reg– ular season action Thursda) night by challenging Pearl R1ver Community College on the Poplarville campus.

College·~ Lady Warriors needed to win one of their final two South D1vi~ion contests to clinch a ~pot m the state playoffs and defend their MACJC title. TI1e ECCC women. led by fourth-year head coach Brad Hodge, accomplished their goal Monday night by eammg a hard-fought 99- 88 double ovcrhme thriller over rival Meridian Community College before a packed Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building on the Decarur campus. With the victory. EC' improved to 17-7 overall and 9-4 in league p lay, the same record as MCC. Jones County is also 9-4 m division action followed by Copiah Lincoln's 8-4 mark. Gulf Coast sits atop the division standings at 11-2. The top four teams advance to the state playoffs, which are scheduled February 28 - March J and will be hosted by the South men's winner (either Copiah– Lincoln or Hinds.)

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