2008

East Central women crush Hinds The playoff- bound East Central Community Col– lege Lady Warriors scored a season high 103 points and allowed just 57 for the visiting Hinds Community College Lady Bulldogs, and the War– riors held on for a 71-68 win over the Hinds men Thursday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building on the Decatur campus. The ECCC women, who were unranked in the lat– est NJCAA poll for the first time in several weeks. improved to 18-4 overall and 9-3 in league play following the impressive victory. The Lady Warriors are currently in second place in the MACJC South Division standings behind Meridian Com· munity College, whose records stands at 10.2. Three teams - Copiah– Lincoln, Pearl River and Southwest -are tied at 7-4. The top four teams in each division advance to the MACJC State Basket– ball Tournament, sched· uled Feb. 25-28 at Itawam– ba Community College in Fulton. In the win over Hinds, Rashima Jenkins was top scorer with 26 points Jenkins is a product of Airline High School in

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