2006

1 ECCC fal ls to Hinds on homecourt By Marty Stamper staff writer DECATLR- The East Central Community College men's basket– ball team got four wins Monday, but really would have liked to have added a fifth. . Monday, the MACJC presidents VIa Internet overturned an earlier decision from last week that cost E_C~.c four wins along with the eli– gtblltty of Rodney Turner. The Warriors hosted Hinds, the school that reported ECCC Monday night. The vis iting Bull: dogs erased a 30-22 Warrior first half lead en route to an 86-79 win ECCC fell to 16-6 overall and i-4 in the South Division. Hinds improved to 9-13 and 6-5. kWe had an appeals meeting today with the presidents of all the jucos in the association and they ruled in our favor," ECCC men's head basketball coach Steve Hampton said. "Basically they abol– ished the old rule and anybody prior to 2001 was pretty much grandfathered in without having to get a release. "CE_CCC_ president) Dr. (P~il) Sutphm d1d an outstanding JOb fi_ghtm~ for us. We certainly appre– Ciate h1s leadership. All the presi– dents were on the teleconference and it went well. "Hinds actually talked very highly and helped u~ mor e than anything in the whole meeting. They talked very positive about East Central and knew that we weren't trying to do anvthing out of the ordinary. That helped a well. "In the long run. the kids are the on_e-. that benefited more than any– thlllg. Rodney is eligible and we I didn't ha~e to forfeit any !{ames." If only the game had turned out -.o "ell. A 10-0 Hind-. run late in the first half cut ECCC's halftime lead to 36- 34. The Bulldog........cored the first four point-... of the ...ccond hall and

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Johnny Hodge, 17 from Sam Walton, 13 from Brian Johnson and 11 from Earnesto Green. Hinds got 19 from Flawann Flaggs, 14 from Keron Jackson, 13 from Jenario Bunton, 12 from Sernell Williams and 11 from James Burkes. ECCC women 85 Hinds 59 The Ladv Warriors took a 40-21 lead into halftime and led by as many as 35 points in time that got a chance to get in there and step up a little bit. "\Ve needed an easy game to break the monotony of some of these close games we've had recently. "We're still tied with Meridian for second. We've got three more left (South– west, Meridian and Pearl River) and we need to get all three of them." Hinds (3-19, 0-11) got 18 10inL'> each from Donmonique Thomas and Debra Brown.

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out with a good effort tonight and Hinds did a good job and whipped us. They controlled the game and when they needed to make a big shot they did. And they made their free throws down the stretch. "We've got Lo do a lot better coming down the stretch. We've got to finish the season strong." ECCC got 18 points from

the second hah m crushing the Lady Bulldogs. Valerie Harris led ECCC (15-7, 8-3) with 15 points. Jes– sica Anderson had 14, LaSaundra Harrison 11, Emily Massey and Dominetrix Hunter both had 10, Sara Judice nine and Shannon Uoyd seven. "We got an opportunity to play everybody," Lady War– riors' head coach Bill Smith said. "We've had some i. c s that don't get a lot of playing

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two gam~ at home." Hampton --aid. ·1 don't know why. We didn't come