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' ECCC teams move closer to clinching playoff East Central Community Col– lege basketball teams collected wins over Southwest Mississippi Community College Thursday night and moved closer to qualify– ing for the state playoffs, which includes the top four teams in the MACJC Nor th and South divi– sions. This year's competition will be held February 27-March 2 at Northwest Mississippi Communi– ty College in Senatobia. their record improvPto 17·6 overall and 84 in league play. Copiah-Lin– coln and Pearl Hiver are tied for the division lead with 9-3 marks. Andrea Dubose, a product of Newton County High School, pumped in 26 points in leading the Lady Warriors over Southwest. Other EC scorers were LaSaundra Harrison of Union. 14, Valerie Harris of Lake and Elyse Clay of Scott Central, 10 each. East Central held a 39-34 advan– tage at halftime. Newton County, eight; Jacquas Jones of Forest, four; and Caleb Pearson Richland, two. BobbySteptoe tallied 23 points to lead Southwest, which fell to 1-21. ECCC squads wrap up regular season action by traveling to Meridian Community College Monday night and hosting Pearl River Community College Thurs– day night. ECsplits with Hinds

the Lady Eagles dropped to 3-19 and 0-11. Valerie Harris of Lake was the top scorer for East Central as she pwnped in 15 pojnts. Also scoring in the easy victory were Jcsstca Anderson of Newton, 14; LaSaun– dra Harrison of Union, 11; Emily Massey of East Rankin Academy and Dominetrix Hunter of Philadelphia, 10 each. EC held a commanding 40-24 lead at halftime. In the loss to Hinds, Johnny Hodge, a product of Quachita Parish HS in Monroe, La., was the top scorer for EC with 18 points. Other point makers were Sam Walton of Jackson Lanier, 17; Bryan Johnson of Jackson Provine, 13; Earnesto Green of Jackson Pr ovine, 11; Ricardo Alcantar of Newton County, six. East Central led 36-34 at the break. 0 w

The Lady Warriors, who posted an 82-76 decision over the South– west women, improved to 16-7 overall and 9-3 in division play, two games behind Copiah-Lincoln which leads the South at 11-1. Three teams are tied for third with 7-5 records- Gulf Coast, Jones and Meridian. Rounding out the divi– sion are Southwest (4-8), Pearl River (3-9) and Hinds (0-12). ECCC's men outscored South– west by an 89-75 mru-gin and saw

East Central Community Col– lege's Lady Warriors cruised to an 85-59 victory " over the Hinds women but the Warriors were not as fortunate as they fell to the Hinds men 86-79 in games played Monday night in the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education Build– ing, With the win, the EC women improved to lfi-7 overall and 8-3 in the 1\'lt\CJC Sout h Div ision while

In the men's contest, Bryan Johnson of Jackson Provine was top scorer for EC with 17 points. Other point makers were Earnesto Green, also of Provine, Sam Wal– ton of Jackson Lanier and Johnny Hodge of Quachita Par ish HS in Monroe. La.. 13 each; Andre Cok'– man of Louisville. 10; Paul Milli– gan of Chill icothe HS m Vernon, TX, nhw; IUcanlo Al<:antm· nl

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