2006

EC sweeps SW, MCC East Central Community

points. Dubose and Elyse Clay both had 15. llarrison I0 and Valerie I lams six "It was 1mportant to get ofT to a good start and 1 thought the girls camo out really ready to play," I::.C head coach Billy Smith smd. "That was one of the best games we've had all the way around We were JUSt as intense in the second half as we were the first." Clay hit three straight bas– kets to push a 24-1 I Lady Warrior lead up to 30-11 with 7: I 3 left in the first half. The Lady Wamors shot 21 free throws. making I8. MCC was 17-of-25 at the line. MCC got 14 points from Ililal Yildirim, nine from Carla Latham, and eight each from Courtney Wade and Dantelle Cooper EC men 78 Meridian 66 The Warriors had a 17-0 run in the first half that turned a 31- 23 Eagle lead into a 40-31 Wanior advantage. Then, with the game hanging in the bal– ance, the Warriors ran off I0 straight points 1n the final six minutes to tum a precarious 61- 60 lead in111 a mueh hcallhil"l 71·iJ() lll.ll gllt l'icnc ll.ulow ami Johnny Hodge hoth hit a 3-pointer in the first half run, while Hodge sparked the second run with a pa1r of treys Hodge led the Warriors ,.,.tth 24 points. Sam Walton had 16, Ricardo Alcantar I0, Bryan Johnson eight and Andre Coleman six The Warriors improved to 14-3 o,·erall and 5-1 in the South Di\lsion and hold at least

MACJC Standings Through Feb. 1

C 'ollege's basketball teams both p1cked up two more MACJC South Division wins m last by Marty Stamper week's hoops action. The Warriors and Lady War– riors swept Southwest Mississippi Community College and Meridian Community College. The Lady Warriors improved to 12-5, while the Warriors upped their mark to 14-3. EC women 72 Southwest 65 The Lady Wamors needed overt1me to knock off the Lady Bears in the Jan. 23 contest at Summit. Shannon Lloyd and Andrea Dubose both had 18 points as CC improved to 4-1 in the divi– sion and ll-5 overall. LaSaundra Hamson added 14 points, while Elyse Clay scored eight and Valerie Harris ttnu Sara Judice both had six. Southwest, which dropped to ' '< and 2-3, led 30-28 at halftime. I he game was hcd 60-60 at I he: cud of rcgul

South Division women

·- Co-Lin East Central Mend1an Jones Southwest Gulf Coast Pearl R1ver H1nds Pearl River East Central Gulf Coast Co-L111 Mend1an HindS Jones Southwest

All

DIV. 7-0 6-1 5-2 4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7 6-1 5-2 5-2 4-3 3-4 3-4 2-5 0-7 Div.

11 -4 13·5 12-6

8-8 8-9

11-7 2-16 2-15

South Division men

All

12-6 14-4 12-6 11-7 5-12 4-11 1-16 9·6

Southwest fell to 0-5 in division play and 1-14 overall. EC n,omen 73 Meridian 66 The Lady Warriors contin- ued their dominance of MCC as they led by as many as 23 points in the second half before fend– ing off a late charge by the Lady Eagles for the seven-pomt win Thursday at Decatur. I C' tmproved to 12-5 overall nnd ~·I in the '\nuth I >tvtsinn 1\11 ( fi:ll tu II I• mel I ' I aSautH.lla I h1111Sllll ol Unton hit a pa1r of 3-pointers and Andrea Dubose added another trey as EC tooJ... a I9-4 lead w1th less than se\'en min– utes elapsed. The Lady Warriors led by as many as 21 points in the first half before taking a 41-24 lead into the break. LC grabbed its biggest lead of the ntght at 69-46 w1th 4:56 left. Sara Judice led CC ,.,. ith 19

F<.. 's Ricardo Alcantar drives past a Jones dcft.•rult.•r in recent action at Decatu{. Photo by l\1art) Stamper·. a share of first place. "I felt tonight was a g(>od

that. Hopefully, we'll continue to do that. That was one of the better games we've played in a 'Ahile." MCC (ll-6, 3-3) got 25 points li·om Hall. 18 from Leflore, and eight from Stanley Tumer. EC was 21-of-2R nt the free– throw hne. while MCC was 4- of-13.

team win for us," first-year Warriors' head coach Steve Hampton said. "We had a good team effort and did a good job defensively. "We've rebounded a lot bet– ter the last two games. We'w. made a conscious effort to do