2008

Lady Warriors Mystee Dale (left) and Tawayatha Evans '"ere named to the All– Region 23 Tournament Team after helping lead East Central Community College ·to the region championship. Dale played at Choctaw Central High School, while Evans played at Newton High School.

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Tanesha Brown drained four 3-pointcrs to help stake EC to a 29-12 lead. It was Southeastern's largest deficit of the season and it was ob\ious the Lady Falcons didn't like it one bit. Southeastern answered with a 21-5 rally that trimmed the lead to one before the Lady Warriors took a 36-33 lead into halftime. SIC scored the first eight points of the second half and a Christina Rozier jumper in the lane ga\'e the Falcons

the1r first lead since 3-0. The Lady Falcons used a 17-1 run to extend the1r lead to make it 69-46 with 3:51 to play. "We knew what we were up against, so we just came out loose as a goose and played our best half of bas– ketball all year in the first half," EC coach Bill Sm1th said. "I think they realized they were about to get upset by a bunch of mighty mites from Mississippi and they started playing.

"We couldn't get anything in the post against their size and that was the d1fference in the game. It's tough to match up 5-8 and 5-9 girls against 6-5 and 6-3, but I'm proud of the way we played and the · way we hustled." Brown led EC with a game-high 19 points. She was 5-of-11 from 3-point range. Rashima Jenkins had 14 points and nine rebound . Mystee Dale had 12 points, Continued on 4B... See Nationals...