2007

Lady Warriors clinch state By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Editor A 93-89 win over Mississ– ippi Gulf Coast secured a berth m this \\eck's MACJC State Tournament for the 8ast Central Community College Lady Warrior!>. The state tOurnament is bemg Tanesha Bro,,n and Andrea Dubose combined for 57 pomts as the Lady Warriors defeated Gulf Coast on Feb. 19 at Decatur \ fC lmprO\ ed to 8-5 in the division and 16-7 overall . "The South Division is by and Valencia Rice both getting 17, Ja'net Schonberg addmg 13 and Leatrice Ulmer ::.coring 11. Gulf Coast 81 EC men 72 The Warriors fell bchmd early as the Bulldogs led by a~ many as I 6 points before tak– ing a 43-29 lead into halfttmc. ECCC closed to "tthm 62-

have stayed a little further ahead of them. but they hit some tough shots against the 7one, then when we went back man. they made several natu– ral three-pomt plays and got back in the ballgame. We just hit some free throws down the !:>tretch to keep the lead." EC got 26 points from Dubose. who also had a good night behind the arc. "\\'hen the 3s are falling, we can shoot with anybody," Smith said The Lady Warriors also got II points from Valcne Harris, who came into the game ranked ninth nationally in scoring at 19.8 points per game and 25th in field goal percentage. Gulf Co,st (8-16. 3-10) placed ti' e players in double figures With Carrie Dawson scoring 21, Sandy Thompson

far the tougher of the h\ o dn·i– :.tons. lf we can manage to be m the top four of it, that's a pretty good deal for us," EC coach Billy Smtih said CC took a 43-36 lead into halftime behind 20 points from Brown, who nailed four 3-pomt basket:. in the first 20 minutes. Brown, a freshman from Jackson Provine~ finished '.\ ith sc\cn treys and~ I points. "~he hn ~ome big shots in the sl!cond half and kinda got U!> going a little bit," Smith sa1d "We would have liked to

played at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in \Ves~on. EC, 16-8, faced \lortheast Mississippi, 16-6, on Monday with that winner playing the Joncs-ltawamba winner today at I :30 p.m. CC defeated Northeast t\\'tCC during the regular season. Fmals are set for 6 p.m. Thursday. The FC men lost to Gulf Coast and Pearl River tl> end their year with a 7-17 mark. EC women 93 Gulf Coast 89

57 on a tip in by Marqu1s Wilson '' ith 8: 15 remammg and fought to withtn 70-67 on a basket by Darron Maxuon with 4:43 showing. The Warriors had t\\O mtss– es and a turnover on their next two possessions, but still got to within 70-68 on a free thrO\\ by Eamesto Green '' tth 3:18togo. Gulf Coast made 3-of-4 free thro\'.s over the next minute and got a dunk from Ronald Douglas with I :53 left

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