2006

Buzzer-beater leads East Central past EMCC in season-opener

Tanesha Brown ' s three-poi nt s hot at the buzzer provided the East Central Community College women with a stunning 55-54 vic– tory over arch-rival East Mississip– pi Community Coll ege Saturday afternoon in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus. The Warriors were also success– ful over the visiting Lions, posting thei r initial victory of the young campaign - a 93-83 decision- for first-year head coach Maurice Bowie. The visiting Lady Lions- who never trai led in the non-division matchup, had taken a 54-52 lead uftcr Murrah product Danielle Raklwin ~anJ... two free throw<, wnh four 'il'~·ond-. ll'll\:1111111).' Blll\~11 ,, rrl•,hma 11 I! u.ud lu1111 l'ttl\ lilt toul– the mbuumh P"'' and r.u..cd thl\\ 11 court, pulling up at the nght wl!lg j ust in time to launch the game– winning trey. The Lady Warriors , who improved to 2-0 under second-year head coach Bi lly Smith, were led in scori ng by Brown's 13 points. Other point makers were Valerie Harris of Lake, eight; Tawaytha Evans of Newton, Andrea Dubose of Newton County, Alisa Matlock

of Carthage and Beve rly Hutchin– son, a product of Lee High School in Bato n Rouge. s ix each; Dominique Shelmire of Northeast HS in Zachery, La., four; and Jor– dan Patterson of Aberdeen and Oak Hill Academy, Carlena Clemmons of Union and Katherine Taylor of Carthage, two each. Baldwin pumped in II points to lead East Miss. The Lady Lions held a 28- 18 advantage at the break. In the men 's contest, Brandon Shelton of Newton tallied 20 points to lead the Warriors, who evened their season record at l - 1. Also scoring 10 double figures were Danon Maxtion, a produt't ol Sp:i•!..mi!ll li S i11 Jl ,un·,l. Al.t. 17 B1 \.111 lnhll\1111 of 1'111\ lilt' ,lltd 1\I ,;IIJIII ' Wll .uu 1111 >dhi (I.a .) li S, I} ~·.u.: h • •111d I .11 IIC \ 111 (oll'l' ll ol Provine anti Ch11~ Brown ol llat tiesburg. 10 each . Othc• point mak– ers were Craig Pruitt of Newton County, seven; Mike Prescndicu of New Dimension HS in Orlando. three: and Des Morales of Lake, two. Mark Ford of Meridian led the Lions with 19 points. The score wa' tied at 42 at half– time.

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ECCC shooting guard Ernesto Green {21) drives past a Holmes j Community College defender in the Warriors' 65-52 loss Thursday.

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