2007

East Central, Jones battle in South Division matchup 1

ECCC

length of the court for a layup and made the free throw after being fouled to put the War– riors up 63-48 with 10:03 remaining. After Jones closC'd to within 74-64 with t:03ldt. the Warribrs finished the game on an 8-0 run, despite missing six of 10 free throws, to take the win. Earnesto Green led ECCC, 5-6, wilh 17 points. Darron Maxtion scored 15, Brandon Shellon had 11, Eddie Patrick nine and Bryan Johnson eight. Eight War– riors scored at least five points. ''We've only got 10 players now." Bowie said. "We lost three at Christmat; to grades, so we've got to get 8omething out of everybody." Jones, 1-10, got 14 points each from James Bender and Frederick Clyde and nine from Skyler Culberson. Clyde made four 3-pointers.

"We tried to stop Love from getting the last shot. We doubled on her and left one open and she stepped up and made. tht shot when she had to." East Central men 82 Jones 64 The Warriors shut out the Bobcats over the final four minutes to take the South Division opener. "It's always good to start division play 1-0," said ECCC first-year head coach Maurice Bowie. "You never know when your wins arc going to come. We got one tonight and we're looking forward to going over to MCC Thursday night. Hopefully, we'll com– pile another one." The Warriors took an early 26-13 lead, only to have Jones battle to within 36-33. ECCC carried a 40-35 lead into haUtime. Marquis Wilson drove the

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Sandra Sumrall said. ''We had poor shot selection. "The girls just kept fighting back. It's a big win. Anytime you come to East Central and win, it's big." Hopkins tossed in a team– high 25 points, while Love scored 19, Rosemary Green had 10, Kim Lewis nine, and Jessica Gray seven. ECCC was led by Harris, who scored a game-high 30 points and pulled down eight boards. Dubose scored 15 points, Jessica Anderson had 10 and Tanesha Brown added nine. "We didn't shoot too well in the second half," Smith said. "We missed a lot of easy baskets and tried to force some shots. We let them have that 3-pointer at the end and that was the only 3-pointer they made all night.

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