2006

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' WaiTiors can't hold late lead; Northwest rallies for 97-85 overtime win With 26.8 seconds

lowing the loss. The War– riors are still waiting to hear if they qualify for next week's Region 23 Tournament scheduled at Mississippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum in Clin– ton. Johnny Hodge, a fresh– man forward and product of Quachita Parish High School in Monroe, La., led EC in scoring with 28 points. Also scoring were Sam Walton of Jackson Lanier, 18; Pierre Barlow of Scott Central, Bryan Johnson of Jackson Provine and Paul Milli– gan of Chillicothe HS in Vernon, TX, seven each; Earnesto Green of Jack– son Provine, six; Andre Coleman of Louisville and Ricardo Alcantar of Newton County, five each; and Mike Presendieu of New Dimensions HS in Orlando, Fla., two. Justin Nabors of Holly Springs pumped in 29 points and Adrian Banks added 26 to lead North– west. Also scoring were Bobby Dillard of Olive Branch and Tarrell Wil– son of Holly Springs, 11

remaining and East Cen– tral Community College leading 76-71, it appeared the underdog Warriors were in position to knock off nationally ranked Northwest Mississippi Community College on its home court during first-round action of the MACJC State Tourna– ment being held at Howard Coliseum on the Senatobia campus. But the Rangers the North men's top seed– capitalized on Warrior miscues in the fmal sec– onds of regulation and sent the contest into over– time tied at 76-76. North– west quickly took control in the extra period. scor– ing the first seven points in claiming a 97-85 deci– sion over the South's number-four seed. Northwest, ranked third in the latest NJCAA poll. improved to 25-1 fol– lowing the win and cap– tured its 37th consecutive home victory. East Central dropped to 17-9 under frrst-year head coach Steve Hampton fol-

ROBBIE ROBERTSONfTHE NEWTON RECORD ECCC's Ricardo Alcantar, a Newton County product, looks for someone to pass the ball to in this file photo.

each; Antonio Logwood of Tunica and Shawn Mor– gan of Memphis, nine each; and Danny Forbes of Hernando, two. Northwest held a 34-25 advantage at halftime. East Central's Lady

Warriors, the South women's No. 2seed, begin tournament action tonight against the Northwest women. who are seeded third in the North. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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