2007

Region XXIII Tourney: Co-Lin 66, East Central women 64 East Central comeback . ' falls short against Co-Lin By Jeff Edwards assistant sports editor

minute left. After a Co-Lin turnover, ECCC had a chance to take the lead, but Harris was whis tled for traveling with 17.1 seconds on the clock. Co-Lin's Nikki 'Williams was fouled in the lane with 7.3 seconds left and made both of her free throw~ for the winning points. Ea~t Central turned the ball over in the final ~econd before getting a ~hot off. uwe gave ourselves a chance to win at the end," Smith said. "It ju':it wa-.n't to be." The Lad\· War riors trailed 31-29 at halftime. but Co-Lin steadily pulled away in the first 10 min tcs of the second half. The Lady Wo ves built their biggest lead of the game See ECCC Page 84

~ It's just one ofthose things. You win some and

CLINTON -The hast Central Lady Warriors have made a habit of losing close games thi~ season.

you lose som~. That's just the way it goes.

1 he Region 23 I Tournament was no different. The Lady War– riors came back from a 12-point second-half deficit but still

Billy Smith, ECCC head coach

Lady Warrior coach Billy Smith said. "You win some and you lose some. That's just the way it goes." Fast (cntral was down 64-59 with 90 Sl' l'Onds left before Tanesha Brei\\ n nailed a huge 3 with 1:12 remaining. Co-Lin's Hanna Porter tht n missed the front end of a one– and-one free throw situation and the Lady Warriors took advantage, tying the J.{ame wht'n Vakrie Harris ~ot a pas" inside and made a Ia) up w1th a

dropped a 66-64 decision against Copiah-Lincoln in tht: tournament quarterfinals at A.E. Wood Coli– seum on the Mississippi College campus. ending their season with a 16-10 record. Seven of ECCC's 10 losses were by two points or less. "It's just one of those things."

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GOING IN BETWEEN East Ce11tral Community College's Valerie Harris tries to squeeze between Cop1ah Lincoln defenders to put up a shot during the first half of action of t e Region 23 Tournament at Mississippi College.