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THE MERIDIAN STAR Tuesday, March 18. 2008

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looking forward to seeing how she and lhe Lady War– rion:; match up with the nation·~ best. ''l'vt> never played· in sonwthing like this," jenkins said. "In high school, Wt.> did play in the (Louisiana) state tourna– ment nw junior year and my s(•nwr year 1 played in the all star game. That's as do~c a~ I've come lo some– thing like this ... nothing like tlw nationals. \I'm looking forward to it." Evan-;, a sophomore at EC. was a big part of "Jt>wton 's Class 2A stale championship in 2005. "Thts is e ve n bigge r bt•cause it may be my last yl:'ar playing," Evans said. "It's something that I really Jook<.>d forward to and wanted to do before I stopped playing ball.'' heshman Allison Phillips (4.0 ppg. 2.8 rpg) played on back-to·b~ck Clas" M state champton teams in 2006 and 2007 at L(•akc Academy. She's glad the Lady Warriors rebounded after a first– round exit in the MACJC Stall' '1ournament. ''W<> didn't really play too good in tht' slate tourna– nwnt, but we bounced back from that and did pretty good in the regional." Phillips ~aid. EC al"o g~::ts 15.3 points from ~ophomore Tanesha Brown. Win or lose against Southl·astcrn Illinois, EC will fact> Shelton State of Tu'lcaloosa, Ala., or Barton County in second-round action Thursday. An open1ng-round loss would have FC playing at 2 p.m.. whik a win over SIC would hav<' them returning to action at Rp.m.

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