2008

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Juco Basketball EC's first opponent has MSU connections By Marty Stamper Special to The Star After havingTuesday off in the NJCAA Women's National Bas– ketball Championship, the Lady Warriors of East Central Com– munity College will hit the court in Salina, Kan., today. · The Lady It will be EC's fourth appear– ance in the nationals with the others coming in 1994, 2001, and 2004. . The Region 23 champiOn La~y Warriors will definitely have thetr hands full against SIC. The tallest players for the Lady Warriors are Tawayatha Evans (8.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg) and Rashima Jenkins (17.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg), both at 5-foot-9. Other starters are 5- foot-8 Mystee Dale (13.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg) 5-foot-4 Chotsani Henderson (2.5' ppg, 3.2 rpg), and 5-foot-6 Tanesha Brown (15.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg). Warriors, 22- 6, take on Southeastern Illinois Col– lege, 31~2. at 2 p.m. in the Bicentennial Center.

Top subs for the Lady War– riors are 5-foot-8 Allison Phillips (4.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg), 5-foot-5 Alisha McAfee (3.8 ppg), 5-foot-7 Alisa ' Matlock (5.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg), and 5- foot-6Jordon Patterson (2.1 ppg). The Lady Falcons from Har– risburg, Ill., have a Mississippi connection. as well, as three players from SIC's squad have signed with Mississippi State. They are 6-foot-5 Chanel Mokango (14.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg), 5- foot-9 Armelie Lumanu (16.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.4 apg), and 6-foot-3 Rima Kalonda (11.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg), all of Kinshasa, Congo, Africa. Other starters are 5-foot-8 guard Christina Rozier (11.1 ppg, 4.5 apg) and 5-foot-11 guard Lydia Young (3.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg). Top reserves are 6-foot-2 for– ward Stephan McSparin, 5-foot-9 guard Carolyn Mills, and 5-foot-8 guard Ashley Grimes. "They're definitely going to be See ECCC Page 83

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