2008

Juco Basketball Fast start fizzles for EC ladies from school reports No. 13 seed East Central Com– munity College raced out to a early 17-point lead but the Lady Warriors were simply no match for fourth-seeded Southeastern Illinois Community College which rallied in a big way for a 74-48 blowout today in first-round action of the 2008 NJCAA Divi– sion 1 Women's Basketball Cham– pionship in Salina, Kansas. The Lady Warriors, who fell to 22-7 under third-year head coach' Bill Smith, will now face Shelton State Community College of Tuscaloosa, Ala., in an elimina– tion game at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bicentennial Center. Shelton State (28-5), the No. 12 seed. fell 64-61 to No. 5 seed Barton County Community College of Great Bend, Kan., on Tuesday night. Tanesha Brown had 19 points -including five 3-pointers- to lead ECCC scorers against South– eastern, which is located in Har– risburg, 111. Also scoring in double figures were Rashina Jenkins with 14; and Mystee Dale of Choctaw Central with 12.Christina Rozier led Lady Falcon scorers with 14 points, and Southeastern improved to 32-2. EC held a 36-33 advantage at halftime.

! Lady Warriors \ battle Shelton in consolation matchup today The NJCAA Women's Basket– ball National Championship will stage its own Mississippi-Alabama game today when the East Cen– tral Community College Lady ~ arrior-. take on Shelton Stale "C'Ommum ly "COllege or Tuscaloo · a, Ala. Tipoff in the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kan., is set for 2 p.m. EC, 22-7, lost 74-48 to fourth· seeded Southeastern Illinois Col– lege in its tournament opener Wednesday afternoon despite leading by as many as 17 points in the first half. Shelton Stale, 28-5, gave fifth– seeded Barton County (Kan.) Community College a strong run for its money Tuesday night before coming up short 64-61. The loss snapped the Lady Bucs 1 See ECCC Page 63 By Marty Stamper Spec1al to The Star