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East Central worn n stay in play By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Edi~or Both the Lad~ \\ amors and Warriors of Ea~t Central C ommum~ College '' ent 1-1 on the hardwood last week. With twv \~:~I\$ left in the Billy Smith said. ··once ''e h1t a couple of those. we got the momentum back and were able to hang c n ,\1 the end."' ~ICC took a -t-l--t I lead into halftime after holding a -+2-33 advantage with just three minutes left in the half. Jordan Panerson hit two "ith 1:37 lcri to put the Lady v:~mioh up li.w good at 87-85. EC men Meridian 92 67 EC mad~ 3-of-8 fi·ee throws O\"t~r a 55-s.:.:onJ span to lead lJv-87 with I3 seconds left. ECs \akrie Hanis blocked The \\an·iors jumped out to a 52-21 halftime lead in poundmg the Eagles on Feb. 5 at Decatur.

a 3-point try by Carla Latham. then made a pair of free throws to up the Lady \Varrior lead to 92-87 with four seconds left. Brown added two more free shots two s.:conds later. Harris led EC with 22 points. Brown finished with 19. Dubose added 15 and Patterson and Jessica Anderson both scored I0. NaDoshu St1ickland scored a career-high 37 points for MCC. The LaJy Eagles also got 15 from Dial. all from 3-pomt range. and 12 each from Hila! Yildirim and Anesia McBtiJe. EC improved to 6-3 in the division and 14-5 overall. 1\lCC fell to 5-4 and 12-8. ·off hunt uans1hon points. We sagged iJ... ck in our matchup zone and ;nacle them make shots." Green led the Wa1Tiors with I' points. Wilson scored 14, S.1elton had 13. Maxtion and Chris Brown both had II and Bryan Johnson scored I0. MCC got 22 points from ~exter Leflore, 19 from Keith : wmes and 17 from Chris L..t.ggett. Co-Lin 59 EC women 58 EC and Co-Lin hooked up m a league battle on Thursday a Decatur where the shot c.ock was freq~ntly milked _nder I0 seconds. Co-Lin's Erica Trahan put ~~e Lady Wolves up 59-58 \ th I :36 remaining and nei– tl>er team scored again. EC missed a shot with 33 secpnds remaining. rumed the bJil over with just under 20

Brandon Shelton scored 13 points in the first' half with Darron Maxtion getting nine and Earnesto Green and Marquis Wilson both scoring eight for EC. EC improved to 3-6 in the division and 7-12 overall. ln losing their seYenth straight and 13th in their last 1-l games, the Eagles dropped to 1-8 in the league and 4-16 overall. ''1 told my guys that they did a great job over there of coming out and jumping on us and that we weren't going to spot them 25 tonight." said EC first-year coacti Maurice Bowie. ··we played hard– nosed defense and got our

regular season, the Lady Warriors are :~mong six team~ battlinh for <~ pia: off berth in the M:\CJC South Di' i:,iun. EC women 9-1 ~leridian 90 The Lad: \\ arrior:.> rallied from a 12-pomt ddicit over the final 10:-W to take the South Division ''in O\ er MCC on Feb. 5 at Decatur. EC traileC:: 73-62 '' tth 8:22 remaming be~re c.nching fire \~ ith four 3-pomter, O\ er the next fh e minut~s. "We made ~ome :,hots at the end that \\i: \\Cr~n·t mak– ing in the tirst half:· EC coach

trevs and Tanesha BrO\\ n ca1;ned two others as EC closed to within 73-71 with 6:45 left . MCC went back up 8 1"(75 "ith -1:32 left, but the Lady Eagles managed just six points over the next four and half minutes until Holly Di al buried her fifth trey of the night. this time from halfcourt as time expired. In making their comeback. the Lady Warriors got a 3- pointer each from Brown and Andrea Dubose. Dubose scored inside the arc

MACJC South Division (Through Feb. 14) Women

Div. 10·1 8-3 7-4 6-5 5-6 5-6 3-8 0·11

All 20..2 17-5 14-8 14·7

Co-Lin Jones Southwest East Central Mendian Pearl River Gulf Coast Hinds Gulf Coast Co-Lin Pearl River Hinds Southwest East Central Meridian Jones

12-10 12·10

8·14 4-18

Men

Dlv. 10-1 8·3 7-4 6-5 6-5 3·8 3·8 1-10

All 17-5 15-6 13-9

10..12 12-10

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7-14 6·16 2·19

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seconds left, and was unable to get off a shot in the lin a I 6.9 seconds to drop to 14-6 overall and 6-4 in the division. The Lady Warriors took a 38-35 lead into halftime as Continued on page 4B..• See ECCC...