2007

ECCC swept by Co-Lin

The ladv \\ arriors took a 38-35 lead into halftime a!S Tawa)1ha Evans cured in the lane a~ the half– time horn sounded. Valerie Harris had 13 points for ECCC in the first 20 minutes with Evans getting seven and Tancsha Brown and Andrea Dubose both getting five. The Lady Warriors were slug– gish offensively to start the second half as they manap:ed just four points over the first 12 and a half minutes. Co-Lin fared little better. but eight points gave the Lady Wolves a 43-42 lead. The Co-Lin lead grew to 48-42 when Alisha Mason buried a 3-pointcr with just over 6 minutes left. "We just didn't come out with enough spark,'' said ECCC coach Billy Smith. "Of course. they had a lot to do with it. We had an opportunity to go up seven or eight points to start the second half and we just couldn't get a shot to fall and we had quite a fe\l turnovers. We never could gd a comfortable lead." But the batUe wasn't over. Brown and Dubose each connected from behind the arc to put ECCC up 5:~- 51 with 4:05 to go. The teams swapped the lead four times with Evans giving the Lady Warriors their last lead at 58-57 \vith 2 minutes remaining. See ECCC Page 84

By Marty Stamper special to The Star

DECATUR_ East Central ~om· munity College dropped a I?a.•r. of hard-fought 1\IIACJC South f?tvtst?n basketball games with Coptah lm·

coln CommunitY College Thursday night. The Lady Warriors lost a 59-58 heart· breaker while the Warriors fell in a 70-64 contest.

d ECCC returns to action Mon ~lY at Summit again~t Southwest Mts– sissippi Commumty College. c o-Lin 59 ECCC women 58 Unlike Monday's 94-90 run-at:d· gun win over Meridian C?mmumt~ C ll e ECCC and Co-Lm hooke 0 ~~l~ague battle where tht> shot ~fock was frequently milked under 10 seconds. lh Co-Lin's Erica Trahan put e : Lad Wolves up 59-58 with 1:36 rem~ining and neitht•r team ~cored again. 'tl "3 ECCC missed a shot Wt 1 ."> seconds remaining, turned the ball ver with just under 20 seconds l~fl ond wa5 unable to get off a ·hot tn ~he final6.9 second:-.to.d~~P to 14-6 ~all and ().. 1 in tlw dtvt~tott.

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Co-Lin (19-2, 9-1) got 12 points each from Trahan and Kristin Elli:;, 10 from Hanna Porter, nine from Nikki Williams and seven from Mason. Co-Lin 70 ECCC men 64 The Warriors jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first five minutes and held a 28-22 advantage going into half– lime. The Wolves used an 11-4 run to start the second hajf

to go up 33-32.

turnover , end('d any further comeback hopes by the War– riors. Wilson had 16 points to lead ECCC (7-13, 3-7). Shelton and Green both scored 14, Darron Maxtion had eight and Bryan Johnson added seven. The Warriors were ju-.t 5- of-16 at the free throw line. Co-Lin (15-5, 8-2) was paced by Truvillion's game– high 27 points. Christian Marshall scored 11. Charles Lewis and Anthony Wilcher both had seven.

After ECCC took its final lead at 47-45 on a goal– tending call on a shot by Marquis Wilson. 6-foot-8 sophomore Greg Truvillion of Lansing, Mich., took over for the Wolves. He scored 15 points oVer the final 6:52, including a 13-of-16 showing at lhe free throw line. Brandon Shelton and Earnesto Green each hit a 3-pointer in a 15-second span to pull the Warrior~ lo within 61-57 with 1:07 remaining, but three consecutive

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