2005

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East Central women clinch playoff berth The East Central Commwtity College Lady Warriors wrapped up a berth in the state and Region 23 Tournaments with a 99-88 double-over- b r time win O\<.'r Meridian Ma~· Monday at Decntur. St MACJC South Division Women (Througll Feb. 23) Dlv. All 11 2 20-4 II udson pumped in 22 over the host Bulldogs (13-8, 8-3). • EC women 58, Southwest 55: Kotreece Bender scored 12 points to lead EC in Thursday's win at Summit. Also scoring were Sara Judice with 11 points, Roxana Rogers with nine, Kim Cox eight, Kristin Chaney six, and Shannon Lloyd, Tierra Young, and India Backstrom with four each. Gulf Coast East Central Jones Meridian Copiah-Uncoln 17-7 17-8 17-7 15·9

points to lead the Warriors (6-16, 3-8) to their m o s t impres– sive win of the sea– son. Garrick "J"ichols added 17, A n d re Col eman 10, and

9-4 9-4 9-4 8-5 5-8

Heading into the regular amper season finale Thursday at Pe<:~rl River, the Lady Warriors are 17-7, while the Warriors are 7-17 • EC women 73, Hinds 44: EC rolled to an easy win nt Utica on Feb. 14. Shannon Lloyd scored 12 points to lead EC (15-7 overall and 7-4 in South Division action). Kristin Chaney, Tierra Young, and Sara Judice e,1ch had 10 points, while Kotreece Bender and Dominetrix 1I w1ter both had six.

Peart River Southwest Hinds

12·12

EC, which improved to 16-7 and 8-4, held a 32-21 halftime advantage over the Lady Bears, who fell to 3-16 and 1- 11. • Southwest men 72, EC 62: The Warriors fell to 6-17 overall and 3-9 in the South Division with Thursday's loss at Summit. Warrior point makers were Ryan Hudson with 13, Pierre Barlow and Garrick Nichols with 10 each, Andrew Lewis with nine, Ricardo Alcantar seven, and Andre Coleman four.

1-12 Q-13

3-18 4·21

Men

17·7 15-9 15-9

Copiah-Lincoln

11-2 10-3

H1nds

Gulf Coast

7-6 6-7 6-7 6-7 4-9 2·11

Jones

13·10 12·12 12-9

Pearl River Southwest East Central

7-17 5-19

Meridian ....__________, P i e r r e

EC led 30-19 at halftime. Hinds fell to 4-19 and 0-11.

Barlow nine.

• EC men 70, Hinds 67: Ryan

l"he Warriors led 34-33 at halftime

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