2006

I Bowie takes over reins t·o~r.· .l~ «l. st CcJitral men

As a fiN-year head mentor Mauri~'l' Bowie admih to being a hllh! unsure hm' quickly his East Central Community College basketball team would re ....pond to his style of coaching. But Bowie said it did not take long for his Warriors "to get the message."

(), I gtt.tnl from New Dimension~ High s, l11u11 111 Orlando. Howie said top freshmen include ~l .uquis Wilson, a 6 6 small/power forward n-~~~~~ Dclht, La.; Darrion Maxtion, a 6-4

Johnson averaged 10 points and ~1:\'l'll rebounds per game; Green mne pomt three reboundl> and four assists; and Peur~on - one poinl, one rebound and two a,..,,..,t Pearson received the Newcomer Award fol

squad - \.\htdJ landed berth!> in the Region .0>\ and M \( Jl tournaments during Steve I Iampton\ one year stint include Bryan JohtNm, a 6 '\ power forna rd/center and Earnc~to Green. a (1·2 shootmg guard. both

small/power forward from Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala.; Brandon Shelton, a 6- I shooting guard from Newton; and Craig Pruitt, a 6-5 small forward from Newton County. Wilson averaged 26 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists at Delhi High School last year and received first team All-Region, All-State and District MVP hon– ors. Maxtion averaged 16 points and eight rebounds at Sparkman High. He was also named first team All– Region and A 11-State. and wa<., chosen on the All-Tournament Team. Shelton averaged 15 points, six rebound~ and four assists at Newton and was

"At first they did not under– stand the reason for doing some things, but since that time the players have responded well to what 1 want them to do to be suc– cessful,'' said the fonner assistant coach at ltawamba Community College in Fulton. Bowie, who earned All– Region 23, All-State and All Star honors at ECCC in I997 follow– ing a standout career at Morton High School , stated he has been "very pleased" with his team's efforts in preparation for the 2006-07 campaign, which gets underway at 8 p.m. Thursday. November 2, against visiting Holmes Communit> College. "Everyone i~ worJ....ing \Cr> hard, and it\ obvious that each player appruache~ the game a' just that - a gamt.: and not a~ a job. We want our players to have fun while playing ha,J....~:~hall hcrl' at East Central. but ol eour~>c \.\til ning is the ultimate goal," BoWtl'

Front row; from left; Eddie Patrick; Des Morales; Mike Presendieu; Brandon Shelton; Eamesto Green; Caleb Pearson; Jay Brooks and Kashawn Young. Back row is head coach Maurice Bowie; Chris Brown; Craig Pruttt; Bryan Johnson; Joe Thompson; Marquis Wilson ; Darron Maxtion; Justtn Brown and asststant coach Brandon Cornelius

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