2007

SA. The Neshoba Democrat, Philadelphia, Miss., January 17,2007 ECCC teams swept at Co-Lin ' Ea~t Central Community College

Anderson of Newton. seven: Andrea Dubuse of Newton County, five; Erin Waktins of Newton County Academy, three Tawaytha E\ans of Newton, two: and Beverly Hutchinson, a prod– uct of Lee High School in Baton Rou!!e.lone. Nikki Williams of White Castle, La.. pumped in 20 points to lead the Lad) Wolve~. who 1mproved to 13-1 and are ranked 12th in the latest NJCAApoll. EC trailed 37-28 at the break. Freshman shooting guard Brandon Shelwn of Newton had 16 po1nts to lead the Warriors, who fell lO 5-8 overall and 1-2 in division competi-

tion under fir.t-year head coach Mau- rice Bowie. Co-Lin held a 37-28 advantage at halftime.

ba!>kctball squadl> fell to Copiah-Lin– coln Community College teams in l\1ACJC South Di\ isi m action Mon- day mght on the We~~on campu:-.. The Lady Warriors were out:-.cored 73-50 b~ the nationally ranked Lad~ Wohes and the Warriors were clipped hy u 74-67 margin. Sophomore forward Valem; Harris of Lake poured in 13 points 10 lead East Central. which dropped to 9-4 overall and I 2 in league pia) under second-year head coach Billy Smith. Other scorers were Tanesha Bro\\ n of Jad;son Provine. II, Alisha Mat– lock of Carthage. eight: Jessica

Split llith MCC A missed layup at the end of regu lation by Meridian Community Col– lege provided ~t Central Communi– ty College\ Lady Warrior!> with a second chance for victory and Billy Smith\ squad took advantage of the opportunity by posting a 95-86 over time decision over the Lady Eagle~ Thursday night on the :\.1CC campus. Jennifer Wa1r could have won the MACJC South DivisiOn contest for MCC but her attempt with two sec– onds remain1ng hung on the rim before falling off ac; the bU?ter sound· ed. ~ndmg the conte~t into o\ ertime tied at 82. The Lad) Warrior., outscored the Lady Eagles b) a 11-4 margm m the extra period to claim the 'ictOI)' anJ e\en their d1\ ision mark at 1-1 . the 1 same record as MCC. EC improved to 9-3 overall while the Lad} Eagles slipped to 8-5 Sophomore forward \'alene Harris of Lake wa-. the scorer for EC with 3.2 East Centrnlled 53-n at halttime. In the men\ game, the Warriors were outscored I 00-85 to the host Eagle~. Sophomore shooting guard Earncsto Green of PrO\ ine had 20 point~ to lead Ea~t Central. which fell to 5-7 and 1-1 under first-year head coach Maurice Bow1e Regis Huddleston had 19 points lo N . lead MCC. which unproved to 4-9 ESH

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