2006

weeKoFTJu.I/J ~) G I EC Lady Warriors improve to By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Ed1tor

The East Central Community College Lad) Warnors defeated !\ hsstSstppi Delta and Northeast i\ltsstSS1ppl last week to up their record to 7-2 gomg into the Chnstmas break. Til\: EC men got a split, Jo,mg to Dl!lta bd(.)rc closing out 2006 \\ ith a wm O\er 1':ortheast. The EC team~ arc off unt1l a Jan. -l wad trip to ltawamba Community College. EC \\omen 79 1\1 ississippi Delta 72 The Lady \\,miors improved to 6-2 and a\enged an. earlier los.., to Delta at Moorhe,td with the Dec. 4 victory at Decatw. "Thcy·,c got a good girls' pro– gram," EC head coach Billy Smith said iOf Ddta. "I fed like the) 're one of the top t\\0 teams m the (\1 \CJC) North (Di\l~lonl. It ''as a bi!' game tor us. being the second home game after bemg on the road I thought our gtrls came out nnc.l pluyed vcf) \\ell." 1-:"C took a 40-36 lead mto halftime after shootmg 65.2 percent ( 15-of-23) from the tloor 111 the opening 20 mm– ute,. · I thought the whole team played \\ell .. Snuth ,atd. "\'alene Harris came out < nd h1t about the fir:-.t eight pomts d I thought that \\as a key to get our met; n .. re Delta 3-pomter, cut EC'' · 3- omt lead to 68-65, but :-.ophomore mlreo~ Dubo~e from Decatur drained a trc} for the Lady Warriors. then made II SIX ol her free throws o\'cr the linal 65 o;cconds to fend off the Lady TroJans, -who hu 11-of-26 shots from behmc.l lhc arc. Tane ha Brown also scored a layup AF 1 a nmout in the final minute for the 1.ady \\aiTiors. C/. EC had a good game from 3-point 1 nd as '~ell. makmg 7-of-1 0 attempts. scBrO\\n \\,IS 3-for-3. Harns, a sophomore from Lake, led U~L(.. \\llh 28 pomt • 16 Of\\hich came rn the 1 r • WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL SPIRIT OF MORTON OTHER ____ _________

East Central freshman Erin Watkins drives the lane against i'iortheast ).fississippi Community College defenders Lesley Adkins (10) and Kandi Knupp (31) in tbe Lady Warriors' 93-69 \ictory Thursday. Photo by Marty Stamper Brown finished with 19. wht-le boards. while Hams added s1:-.. Dubose was 9-of-10 at the free-thro\\ for the game, E-C shot 56.5 percent line in tallying 14 points. Katherine from the floor. making 26-of-46 - Ta) lor added mne pomts and etght attempts. The Lady Warriors ,.,ere 20- rebounds. Tawa) tha E' an:- had nme of-17 (74.1 percent) at the free-thn.>\\ - ----------

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