2007

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EC LadyWa Special to The Record Andrea Dubose Rouge, two each; and Jor– dan Patterson of Oak Hill Academ}~ one.

begins at 6 p.m. followed by the men's contest at 8 p.m. ECCC·Southwest DECATUR East Cen– tral Community College's Warriors and Lady War– riors fell to Southwest Mississippi Community College in MACJC South Division action Thursday night in the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus. The Warriors were clipped 87-84 in overtime and the EC women were outscored 74-66. EC's men held a 74-63 ad\·amage with 4:30 remaining in regulation but the Bears clawed their vway back into the division contest and sent the game into overtime on a late three-point shot tied at 78. Southwest outscored EC 9-6 in the extra period and improved to 7-8 over– all and 1-2 in division play, while the \\arriors dropped to 5-9 and 1-3 under first-year head coach Maurice Bowie. Sophomore shooting guard Earnesto Green of Jackson Provine led EC with 20 pojnts. Also scor– ing were Bryan Johnson, also of Provine, who had

19 points; Marquis Wil– son of Delhi. La.. 16: Brandon Shelton of New– ton, 15; Craig Pruitt of Newton County and Mike Presendie:u. a product of New Dimension HS in Orlando, five each; and Caleb Pearson of Rich– land and Darron Maxtion of Sparkman HS, Har– vest, Ala., two each. Aubrey Coleman of Houston, Texas, pumped in 18 points to lead South– west. EC trailed 46-44 at the break. In the women's contest, Valerie Harris of Lake and Tanesha Brown of Provine· poured in 20 points each for EC which dropped to 9-5 overall and 1-3 in league play. Other point makers were Tawaytha Evans of Newton. eight; Andrea Dubose of Newton Coun– ty, six: Jessica Anderson of Newton, four; and Chotsani Henderson of Newton, Constance Hayes of Provine, Tami– ka Triplett of Sebastopol and Katherine Taylor of Carthage, two each. Carmiel Gamble of Dex.ter tallied 17 points to lead the Lady Bears, who improved to 9-6 and 2-2. Southwest held a 44·37 advantage at the break.

pumped in 16 points and Tanesha Brown and Valerie Harris added 15 points each to lead the East Central Community College women to a 71-57 decision over Hinds Com– munity College Monday night in the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus. With the victory, the Lady Warriors improved to 10-5 overall and 2-3 in MACJC South Division action under second-year head coach Billy Smith. Dubose, a product of Newton County High School, and Brown and Harris. former standouts at Jackson Provine and Lake, respectively, were among 12 scorers EC, which snapped a two– game skid. Also scoring for EC were Katherine Taylor of Carthage, six; Carlena Clemmons of Union, four; Constance Hayes of Provine and Alisa Mat– lock of Carthage, three each; Erin Watkins of Newton Academy, Tawaytha Evans of New– ton, Tamika Triplett of Sebastopol and Beverly Hutchinson, a product of Lee High School in Baton

Candace Johnson of Jackson had 13 points to lead Hinds, which slipped to 4-11 and 0-5. EC held a 38-22 advan– tage at halftime. In the men's contest, EC was unable to hold on to its slim 35-~\3 lead at halftime and the visiting Bulldogs came out on top by an 82-67 margin. Bryan Johnson. a Jack– son Provine product, poured in 26 points to lead the Warriors. who fell to 5-10 and 1-4 under first-year head coach Maurice Bowie. Also scoring for EC were Marquis Wilson of Delhi. La.. eight; Bran– don Shelton of Newton. Chns Brown of Hatties– burg and Darron 1\. tx– tion, a product of Spark– man HS in Harvest. Ala.. seven each; Earnesto Green of Provine, six; Craig Pruitt of Newton County, five; and Caleb Pearson of Richland. one. William Howard of Pearl pumped in 16 points to lead the Bulldogs, who improved to 8-7 and 4-1. EC squads travel to Gulf Coast Thursday and host Pearl River Monday night. Women's action

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