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I East Central teams add pair ofSouth DiJision wins Both thr Warriors and Lady

and they dicln 't," Smith said. ·we were just fortunate to get this one." Lloyd lt>d EC (9 5. 2-1) with 18 points. !Iarrison .mel Andrea Dubose both had I 1 and Sara Judice added nine. Jones (6 6. 2 1) got 20 points from Steelt!, .13 from Kelsey Hopkins and 11 from Rosemary Grren. EC men 71 Jones 68 The Waniors played just wc>ll enough over the final eight min utes to get the comeback win. jones took a 39 36 lead into halftime aftt 1 bemL up by as many as I 2 points in the first hall: After six lead changes. the Bobcats were up 59 56 with 8:18 to play After going down 61-57 on a tip in by Clinton Thomas k:the Warriors ran off eight straight points with Sam Walton

who improved to 1 0 5 overall and 3 1 in division competition, with Thursday's road win at Utica. Also scoring for EC were Sara judice and Elyse Clay with eight each, LaSaundra Harrison with seven. Valerie Harris with six, and Andrea Dubose with five. EC held a 28-26 halftime lead. EC men 83 Hinds 67 The Warriors improved to !2 3 overall and 3-1 in the.. ~outh Division with Thursday's 1 .16 point win at Utica. Johnny Hodge of Monroe. La., had 19 points to lead the Warriors. Sam Walton tossed in i4 points. Bryan Johnson had 13, Paul Milligan and Rodney Turner both scored eight, Earnesto Green added six, and Mike Presendieu and Pierre Barlow both had five . Walton, Johnson, Turner, and Green are all from jackson and enjoyed the homecoming win. 0::: ~ I ~ z w i= ~ 0 C) ~ _J 5 1- z 0::: z w z <( 0 0 - ;::) ~ (.) ~ 0 (/) w (/) 0 a.. z LL w 0 0::: ~ (.) <( 0 <( 1- z 1- 1- w w 1- 0 (/) 0::: a.. ~ 0 - z a.. <( (.) z - a.. <( _.J (/) ::::> ~ (/)

lead on a 3 pointer by Leondra Phillips with 8:37 to go A three point play by Lloyd gave the Lady Warriors a 57 5 I lead with 6.48 left. but two free throws by Chinita Steele trimmed the lead to 57-56 with 5·53 still showing. The Lady Warriors went back up by six on a putback basket by Lloyd with 3:01 to go and jones got no closer than three wh~.>n Cht>lsey Sumrall hit a 3-pointer with 42 seconds remaining. LaSaundra Harrison upped the EC lead to four with a free throw with 24 seconds left. The inability to keep the early double digit lead didn ' t sit well with EC head coach Bill Smith. "We didn't play very well the second half," Smith said. "We let up a lot in the first half "'hen we got them down 16. We j ust didn't have a very good effort tonight, offensively or defensively 'We subbed in a lot of peo– ple and played everybody in the first half. We just didn't main– tain the momentum we had when we got them down 16. We did just good enough in the sec ond half to pull out a win.· FC made 11-of-15 free throws over the fi nal 7:33. That was probably the dif ference because we shot them

all four of his free shots over a 40 S('('Ond span to extend EC's lead to 69·64 with 1.35 to go. Trailing 69-66, the Bobcats lost a potential basket on a charging foul with 40 seconds left and Walton and Hodge each hit a free throw over the final 23 seconds to seal the win. "It was an ugly win,· EC head coach Stt've Hampton said. "We didn't deserve to win. Jones outplayed us definitely." EC (11 ·3. 2-1) got 19 points from Hodge. 18 from Walton. I 0 from Bryan Johnson and eight from Andre Coleman · Johnny stepped up and played well," " Hampton said. "Sam did a good job for us inside.· Jones (3 8, 1 2) got 16 points from Thomas. 13 from Eckford 'lnd 10 each from Prince Trotter and Marcus Crockrum. EC women 61 Hinds 53 Shannon l.loyd of had 18 points to pace the EC women.

Warriors of Eas, Central Community College ptcked up a pair of wins in last week's bas– by Marty Stamper ketball action. The E.C teams defeatrd Jones at Decatur. then took a pair of games from Hinds at Utica. The Lady Warriors irnprovt'd to I 0 5 ovrrall and 3-1 -in the MACJC South Division. fhe Warriors upped their overall mark to 12-3 and their league record to 3- L After going to Southwest Mississippi Community ColJege on Monday. EC returns home to host Meridian Community Coll~.>ge on Thursday EC goes to Pearl River next Monday. EC women 66 Jones 62 !'he Lady Warriors held a I0 point lead midway through the first half and were up by 16 at 33-17 with just over seven minutes remaining in the half of the jan. 16 game at Dt'catur. Jones closed the half by scoring 12 of the next 14 points to trail 35 29 at the break. Ihe rest of the night was a struggle as EC led by five when Shannon Lloyd scored in the lane for a 42-371ead with 15 31 to go, only to hav<' Jones take a 5I ·49

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