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East Central women defeat River, By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Editor The East Central Com– munity College Lady Warriors jumped into a four-way tie for second place in the MACJC South Di vision standings with wins over Pearl River and Jones in last week's action. The Lady Warriors improved to 5-3 in the division and 13-5 overall. The EC men lost to Pearl Dubose hit four treys with Tanesha Brown knocking down two. The Lady Warriors jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first seven minutes, upped their lead to 27-6 midway through the opening half, and carried a 22-point lead into halftime. "We shot it well," EC from the floor. led the Lady Warriors with 27 points. Dubose finished with 20, Ali sa Matlock and Chotsani Hend-erson both had eight, and Brown scored seven. EC held a 40-31 advantage lead into halftime when Chazz Hawkins buried a long 3- pointer as the hom sounded The Wi ldcats improved to 5-2 in the d~vision and I0--. while the Warriors dropped to 1-6 and 5-12. The Warriors got to wtthin eight as Mike Presendieu con– verted a three-point pia~ with 4:24 showing to trim the gap to 64-56 . EC got 15 points each from Presendieu and Earnesto Green, 12 frof11 Darren

on the boards with Harris and Tawaytha Evans both getting seven and Jessica Anderson pulling down six. Brown had six assists with Dubose getting three steals. EC improved to 4-3 in the division and 12-5 overall. Pearl River fell to 4-3 and 11-7. Shonderlette Paul hit fi ve 3-pointers in leading Pearl River with 25 points. Pearl River 77 EC men 67 Pearl River scored the first six points and never trailed in beating the Waniors on Jan. 29 at Decatur. The Wildcats took a 35-22 EC led by 11 points with eight minutes remaining before Jones pulled even at 82 on a basket by Rosemary Green with 1 :27 remaining. Tanesha Brown put the Lady Waniors in the lead at 85-82 when she canned a 3-pointer with 1 :01 to play, then added a pair of fi·ee throws in the fmal seconds to seal the victory. A late 11-0 run gave EC a 45-34 halftime lead after the Lady Warriors: trailed 32-21 with 3:39 remaining in the half. Valerie Harris had 14 points and Andrea Dubose had 12 in the opening 20 minutes. EC pushed out to a 77-66 before the Lady Bobcats came starming back to {mil even at 82. Harris finished with 24 points. Bwwn added 21 , 17 coming in the second half, Dubose scored 12, Alisa UVII U lVjJjJCU IU 0 -1 I Jones Ellisville on Thursday.

coach Billy Smith said. "We came out and play~d pretty good defense. We took them out ofwhat they wanted to do. "I thought that was the best half we've played all year." In the second half, the Lady WatTiors worked deep into the shot clock and fed Valerie Harris inside for 17 of her 27 points. After leading by as many as 26 points, the Lady Warriors saw Pearl River close to with– in 52-41 before silencing the Lady Wildcat comeback bid. Harris, w~o was 11 -of-14

River, but jumped out of the division basement with an 84- 73 win at Jones. The Warriors improved to 2-6 in the division and 6-12 overall. EC women 79 Pearlf.Uver 66 The Lady Warriors hit seven 3-pointers in the first half as they took a 43-21 lead into halftime of the Jan. 29 contest at Decatur. Andrea

Maxtion, nine from Bryan Johnson, and six each from Craig Pruitt and Chris Brown. Wesley Jones led Pearl River with 26 points. EC women 87 Jones 82 The Lady Warriors blanked homestanding Jones 5-0 over the final 80 seconds to grab the South Division win at ~ee Laay Jackets... MACJC South Division (Through Feb. 7) Women Co-Lin Jones East Central Southwest Meridian All 18-2 15-{i 14-5 12-8 12-8 11 -9

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Matlock and Katherine Taylor both tossed in nine, and Tawaytha Evans scored seven. Green had 20 to lead Jones with Kate Hubbard tossing in 17. Continued on B4... See ECCC...