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Salina... Continued from 3B... making their sixth- stra ight national toLtrnament appearance. They came in fi fth in 2006 and fourth last year. Jenkins, a freshman from Bossier City, La., is looking forward to seeing how she and the Lady Warriors rnatch up with the nation's best. " I've never played in something like this," knkins said. " In high school, we did play m the (Louisiana) state tournament my junior year and my senior year I played in the all-star game. That's as close as I've come to some– thing like this... nothing like the nationals. I'm looking

(52-40) to impro\e to 31-2. Z Each of the Region 6 quartcrfi- <( nah:.ts had at least 20 wins. 9 The li fih-sceded Cougars, 1::: who<>c . lmcup Includes 6- ~ foot-5 lnga MucinJCee ( 12. 1 ppg. l0.7 rpg) or Latvia along with the 6-foot-9 Bc-.noin. defeated Jones Jun10r College 90-65 in the Hoop-n-Surf Classic in llawai i on Nov. 21. Courtney Sturdivant of Connecticut averages 14 4 points, followed by lpck Turkyilma/ ( l4.1 ppg) of furkey and Kristine Silara.ta ( 12.8 ppg) of Latvia. "It's hard to coach against 6-5s and 6-9s \.\hen you've got5-10s," Smith said. "We'll JUSt ha\c to go out there and battle the best we can."

ter Danm.ha Lyles (10.9 ppg. 10.4 rpg). Shelton coach Madonna TI1ompson was a teammate of Decatur native Betsy Harris on the University of Alabama's I994 NCAA Final Four squad. Shelton reached the 2000 NJC:A.A Final Four, placing fourth. SSCC won Region 22 titles in 2006 and 2007. "Shelton's got a real good team and they're coming out of the Alabama regiOn;· Smith said. "They should be somebody we could match up a little bit better with." Barton County would defi– nitely be no bargain. In '"in– ning Region 6, Barton beat Neosho County (104-23). Labette (72-52), Independence (62-55). and Cloud County

the regional,:' Phillips said. Sophomore Tanesha Brown adds 15.3 pomts for EC. Win or lose today, fC will lace Shelton State of Tuscaloosa, Ala., or Barton County in second-round action Thursday. An opening– round loss would have EC playmg at 2 p.m.. while a win over SIC would have them rctuming to ·action at g p.m. The 12th-seeded Lady Bucs ofShelton State captured the Region 22 Toumament to improve to 2g-4. Thl!y postea \.\'ins over Lawson State (95- 59), Bevill-Fayette (56-50), and Northwest Shoals (56-50) l'ivl!-foot-9 guard r-. largarct Bell ( 14.0 ppg) leads the Lady Bues in sconng. She is fol – lowed by 6-loclt forwarcLcen-

forward to it."

Evans, a sophomore, was a big part of Newton's Class 2A state championship in 2005. "This is even bigger lx.'Cause it may be my last year playing," Evans sa1d. " It's something that I really looked forward to and wanted to do before I ~topped playing ball." Freshman Allison Phillips (4.0 ppg. 2.8 rpg)_played on back-to-bad; Cla~s AA state champion team~ 111 2006 and 2007 at Leake Academy. She's glad the Lady Warriors rebounded after a first-round exit in the MACJC State Tournament. "We d1dn't really play too good in the slate tournament, but we bounced back from that and did pretty good 111

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