2007

16A _w_e_d_nes_da~_' J_an_uary_ 17_, _2_00_ 7__________ --JOURNAL___ ECCC LadyWaniors take advantage of MCC

A missed layup at the end of regula– tion by Meridian Community College provided East Central Community College's Lady Warriors with a second chance for victory and Billy Smith's squad took advantage of the opportu– nity by posting a 95-86 overtime deci– sion over the Lady Eagles Thursday night on the MCC campus. Jennifer Wair could have won the MACJC South Division contest for MCC but her attempt with two sec– onds remaining hung on the rim

sha Brown of Provine, 20; Tawaytha Evans of Newton, 11; Andrea Dubose of Newton County and Alisa Matlock ofCarthage, eight each; Jessica Ander– son ofNewton, six; Katherine Taylor of Carthage, four; and Chotsani Hender– son of Newton, Tamika Triplett of Sebastopol and Carlena Clemmons of Union, two each. NaDosha Strickland had 17 points to East Central led 53-42 at halftime. In the men's game, the Warriors were lead MCC. .

before falling off as the buzzer sound– ed, ~nding the contest into overtime tied at 82. The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Eagles by a 13-4 margin in the extra period to claim the victory and even their division mark at 1-1, the same record as MCC. EC improved to 9-3 overall while the Lady Eagles slipped to 8-5. Sophomore forward Valerie Harris of Lake was the scorer for EC with 32 points. Other point makers were Tane-

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miscue in 95-86 overtime win outscored 100-85 to the host Eagles. Sophomore shooting guard Earnesto Green of Provine had 20 points to lead East Central, which fell to 5-7 and 1-1 under first-year head coach Maurice Bowie. Johnson of Provine, six; and Craig Pruitt ofNewton County, two. Regis Huddleston had 19 points to lead MCC, which improved to 4-9 and 1-1. EC trailed 45-40 at the break.

Also scoring were Marquis Wilson of Delhi, La., 16; Brandon Shelton of Newton, 11; Darron Maxtion, a prod– uct of Sparkman HS in Harvest Ala. nine; Mike Presendieu ofNew Dimen~ sion HS in Orlando, eight; J ustin Brown of South Leake, seven; Bryan

The Lady Warriors and Warriors travel to Copiah-Lincoln Community College Monday night and host South– west Mississippi Community College on Thursday, January 19. Tip-off times are 6 p.m. for the women's contest and 8 p.m. for men's action.

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