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of Jackson Provine, four each; Jacoo Jordan of Opelousas. tn..,... and Rico Jones of Fort:~· two. Darian Donald of Columbus poured in 19 points for the Lions, who fell to o-2. East Central held a 3(} 25 advantage at halftime. In the women's contest. Mystee Dale's jumper at the buzzer to tie the con· test fell off the mark and the defending Region 22 champion Lady Warriors were handed their flrst loss on the young season, a 62-60 setback to the Lady Lions. Dale, who led EC with 22 points. drilled a three– pointer which trimmed the East Mi i sippi lead to 61-60 with six sec· onds left. but the Lady Warriors could get no closer in the hard-fough 1 battle. Head coach Bill Smith whose Lady Warriors fell to ~-1 on the young cam· oaum. said the Lady

Lions· in reboundmg was the deciding factor in the non-division matchup. "They killed us on the offensive boards. That v..·as the difference in the ball game,.. Smith said following the tough loss. "We knew coming in that they were going to be pretty athletic on the boards. We just didn't do a good job of keeping them off. We gave them way too many second· chance baskets." In addition to Dale, a former Choctaw Central High School standout, other EC scorers were Rashima Jenkins, a prod· uct of Airline High School in Bossier City, La., 10; Hannah Lee of Leake · Academy, nine; DeShouri Spates of St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, La., and Alisha McAfee of Northwest Rankin, eight success

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0. EC held a slim 30-29 lead at the break. The Lady Warriors and Warriors will be on the road for the remaining games in November beginning Monday, NoJ. 10 as they take on Bevill State in Fayette, Ala. EC battles Holmes on Nov. 13; East Miss., Nov. 17;

N~rtllLJSt, Nov. 20; Enter– pnse (Ala.), Nov. 22; and Itawamba, Nov. 24. EC squads host North· east Thursday, Dec. 4. Th~ women's game begms at 6 p.m. followed by the men's contest at 8 p.m. in the Brackeen– vyood Physical Educa- tion Building.

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