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l attempt and moving behind ll'\e 1 arc for the buzzer-beater. He drained his first free throw, which cut the Wildcat lead ~o; 86-83. EC got 20 points from Sam Walton. 17 from Hodge, 11 from Eamesto Green. nine each from Ricardo Alcantar and Paul Milligan, eight from Pierre j Barlow, and seven from Andre Coleman. Alton Robinson led Pearl River \~ith 36 points. Wesley Jones was a close second with 35. EC trailed 43-38 at halfti~e. 1

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~ EC Women... Continued from page Bl... Meridian 76 EC women 73 Th~ Lady Warriors were unable to protect a 30-4 fi rst half lead as they fell at MCC on Feb. 2Q. E~was still up 42-22 going into lflime before complellng the c llapsc. La aundra Harrison of Union led EC with 23 points. Andrea Dubose scored 12. Valerie> llarris had 11. and Shannon Lloyd, Elyse Clay, and Sara Judice each had eight. EC fell to 16-8 overall and 9- 4 ill the MACJC South Divis on. MCC improved to 15- 9 and 8-5. C~la Latham had 27 points to lead MCC. Meridian 68 E~ men 62 ~hr Warriors fell belifnd 32- 21 .in the first half in falling to the Eagles on Feb. 20 at Meridian. Paul Milligan led EC with 18 points. Earncsto Green added nh'le, Coshune Bingham and Bryan Johnson both had C'ight, Johnny Hodgr had six. and

Ricardo Alcantar had five. Jordan Payne led MCC (14 lO, 6-7) wHh 24 points. EC fell to 17-7 overall and 8- 5 in the South Division. EC women 76 PearlFUver 52 LaSaundra Hanison scored 14 points to lead the Lady Warriors in Thursday's regular– season finale at Decatur. EC also got 11 points from Andrea Dubose, 10 from Jessica Anderson. eight from Emily Massey, seven from Shannon Lloyd. six from Valerie Harris. and four each from Dominetrix Hunter, Amanda Schmidt, and Sara Judice. EC led 41 26 at halftime in improving to 17-8 overall and 10-4 in the South Division. Laterrica Booth led Pearl River with 13 points. Pearl River 102 EC men 96 EC's Johnny Hodge tied Thursday's game at 86-86 with a 3-pointer at the end of regula– lion. but the Wildcats outscored the Warriors 16-10 in the extra period to claim the victory. Hodg<' made the dramatic ~hot after grabbing the rebound from hi~ \!'rond frf'e thro\\

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