2005

Lady Trojans upset Lady Warriors in State Tourney A second-straight state the break.

the Lady TroJan:. re~ponded with eight straigh< points, including a three-pointer at the buzzer by Vancheml;:a Mitchell of Cleveland. East Central, \\hJcb fell to 18-9, was led by Kim Cox of Lake, who tallied 12 poims Also scoring was· Shannon Lloyd of West Lauderdale and Kotrcece Bender of Ne\\lton, l I each. Young, nine; Ind1a Backstrom of l\Jeshoba CentraL five: Kristin Chaney ol Ne\\ton County, two: and Sara Judice of Teurlings (La.) Catholic. one. Jazrnaine Cain of Mound Bayou had 19 points to lead Delta, wh1ch impro,ed to 17-7. East Central, which trailed by a:. many a:. 12 points in f~rst half action. cut the Delta lead to 23-21 at

tournament title was not in the cards for the East Central Community College Lady Warriors who fell 59- 51 to Mississippi Delta Community College Wednesday night in semi– final action of the MACJC Basketball State Championship held at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson. The Lady Warriors, who began tournament competition Monday by downing Holmes Community College 65-60, trailed throughout most of the contest and took their first lead at 40-39 With 10: I I remaining on a bucket by. Tierra Young of South Leake. Young would later tie the game at 51-51 with just under two minutes left, but

The Delta and Northwest women will battle for the ~tate title tonight. The Lady Rangers upset Northeast 84-81 Wednesday after- noon. East Central will now set its s1ghts on defending its Region 23 title during competition scheduled March 4-7 at Mississippi ,College in Clinton. Tournament brackets will be released following the state tour- nament. Lady Warrior tournament action can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3FM) featuring veteran sports announcer Melvin Wooten of Carthage.

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