2006

ECCC men, women take wins By Marty Stamper staff writer DECATUR- East Central Com– munity College wrapped up the 2006 ..--------. portion of its bas· L-------:1 Thursday night. The Lady Warriors took a 93-69 win in the opener with the Warriors posting a 95-76 victory in the men's contest. The ECCC teams are off until a lan. 4 road trip to ltawamba Com– munity College. ECCC women 93 Northeast 69 The Ladv Warriors were 13-of-23 from behind the 3-point arc in thumping the Lady Tigers by 24 points. ECCC had a 45-34 rebounding advantage. The Lady Warriors, who led by as many as 30 points in the second half, carried a 45-32 lead into half– time behind 13 points from Andrea Dubose, 11 from Tanesha Brown and seven from Valerie Harris. Dubose and Brown both hit three treys in the first half. Brown finished with six 3- pointers in leading ECCC, 7-2. with 20 points. Dubose finished with five treys and 19 points. Harris had 15 points and 15 boards. Alba Matlock scored 10 points, while Carlena Clemmons and Katherine Taylor both had eight. "We shot pretty good tonight," ECCC head coach Billy Smith said. "l thought by far it was our best shooting night of the year. It's a good way to end the first semester. "It was just one of those nights where everything fell. I was real pleased with them. I thought they played real well." Northeast, 4-3 with two losses to ECCC, got 14 points from Whitney Mayes, 13 from Krvstal Robinson ketball season with a pair of double-digit wins over Northeast Mississippi Com– munity College

and 10 each from Erica Harvell and Jes– ~ica Iknder. ECCC men 95 Northeast 76 111eWarriors upped thdr record to 4· 5 with the 19-poiot victory over the T~e~ . . ECCC took a 46-37 lead mto halit1mc behind 15 poinh from Darron Maxtion, 14 from Brandon Shelton and seven from Bryan Johnson. The Warriors extended lhcir lead to

as if it's your last game. \ot just tonight. but everv night. ''I thought our guys did a good job of handling the pressure and thl'y did a good job of executing our plays. We just did a bl'lter job of going out and being disciplined and taking can· of business... Shelton hit six 3-pointcrs in ll."ading the Warriors with 20 points. Maxtion finished with Hl, Chris Brown had 15. Johnson added 14, Mike Presendieu had seve n and Wilson and Earnesto Green both had six. Nor theast, 1·8, got 16 points from Stephen Johnson, 14 from Dejis l\l iller and eight from Clay Settlemires.

18 points over the first four minutes of the second half before Northeast staged a rally to close to within 60-50 with 13 minutes left. Marquis Wih;on capped a 9-0 ECCC run with a dunk to put the Warriors up 69-50 with 9:57 remaining and the hosts led by as many as 23 points down the stretch. "Any time you can finish lhe first half of a season off with a win, it's always good," ECCC first -year head coach \1aurice Bowie said. "But the most important thing, l was trying to disci– pline our guys and get them to under– stand that you have to take every game