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NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Qualifiers Region/District Champion Record 1/A l<.:entral Arizona College 31-0 2/8 univ. Arkansas-Fort Smith 31-1 3,12,15/C Monroe CC (NY) 20-7 4.13/D Sauk Valley (IL) (21-9) at Lake Region (NO) (25-6) • 5/E Midland College (TX) 28-5 6/F Cloud County (26·6) vs. Barton County (31-2) • 7/G Walters State (TN) CC 29-4 8/H Gulf Coast (FL) CC 32-1 9/1 Western Nebraska CC 30-4 10,17/J Georgia Perimeter College 19-14 11,16/K Jefferson College (MO) 31·1 14/L Trinity Valley CC (TX) 26-5 18/M College of Southern Idaho 30-2 22/N Shelton State CC (AL) 28-4 23/0 East Central CC (MS) 22-6 24/P · Southeastern Illinois 31-2 • District finals set for March 11.

Evans both scored 15 to lead the Lady Warriors. 21-6. EC also got eight points from Tanesha Br0\.\-11, seven from Chotsani Henderson, and four from Allison Phillips. · 'They've got a good team with a lot of talent,'' ICC coach anci -Gray said. Courtney Coleman led Itawamba with 20 points. Jessica Collins added 12. The Lady Indians finished 21-9 after losing seven of their first eight games. EC women 67 Holmes 62 The Lady Warriors scored seven of the game's final nine points in Thursday's title game. Tawayatha Evans scaled the win by making 4-of-5 free throw~ in the final 30 seconds. Holmes held a slim two– poim lead ~ith I. II to go, but was unable to hold on. Holmes led by as many as four points in the first half before the Lady Warriors went up 35-25 on back-to-baek bas-

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EC led 35-27 at the break. Holmes stormed back to open the second half. Two Portia Webster baskets and a Felexis Bryant steal and assist to Ashley Brown tied the game at 35. EC held a three-point lead with 14:50 to go until a 3- pointer by Dominique Harris tied the game at 40. After that point, neither team held more than a two-point lead after a lead change until the closing seconds. Rashima Jenkins led EC, 22-6. with a game-high 20 points. Mystee Dale was a close second with 18. Evans scored nme and Allison Phillips added six. Dale a lso pulled down nine rebounds, while Evans had five. Evans and Dale were both named to the All-Region 23 To~mament team. Harris led Holmes, 14-14, with 19 points. Ashley Brown added 17.