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- built a lead that \liouldn t gt'l , ................... ~ .... \\ e m ut d htt our first three or four shot-; in a row and controlled the tempo of the game in the first half." Smith saicl. Jasmine Abrams scored 11 of East Mbsi'isippi'!' last 12 points of the first half, but bv tht: time the teams Wl'nt to the-locker room. the I.ady \\'anion; led by a dozen. Da)(• scored 19 of the team's 29 first-hall points and rerorded assbts on two other baskt•ts. A :~-pointer by Dale 24 l>Cconds into the second half began a run by the Lady Warriors to extend the lead to Hl, their largest of the ganw.

Th h t•ntered the game\\ ith a perfect 4-0 n.•t·ord and avera,ging 69 points per game, did not get the usual output from their two leadinR scon·r~. Angelique Burtis (15.5 points pt'r ganw) and

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t: Bilh Smith said of Dale. 111fs \\a the best team effort ''e've had all ) ear. This was a big win for us O\'er a very good team " \ 11H' I... tel~ \\ arriors (4- 2) handed EMCC its fir..;t

By Chris Brennaman ass1stant sports d1tor

SCOOl3i\- On tht night that East Mi,.sis~ippi <. ommunit} Col– lege freshman :-.tart1ka Hull receiyed the stall championship ring slw won at Soutlwa:--1 l.aud erdale last !';cason, il wa ... Olll of her fornwr high school rival~ th.tt stolt• the ..;how. Mystee Dale, \\ho v.on a tMir of slate champion-.hips at Choctaw Central including an 11 point win over southt>a::ot in tht 2005 title gmne. si'Or<'d a ganH'· high 27 point" in Ln<;t Central Community CniiC'g't 's ;)6-15 win

los:-; of the year and avenged an earlier blemish in the process. The l.atlv Lions took a Ci2-110 deci– ~ion on \>V. II in Decatur. Dale scored 2:l points in that game to lead all scorers but missed a shot at the buzzer that would have tied it. ''l\lystPe I >alt.• took the gamt' over tonight." said El\tCC coach Sharon Thompson. ' 1 She t:'con•d

Hull (14.:{) were hdd to five and zero points, respectivdy. 11 \\'e just didn'l play good," Thompson ~aid. ''To hold a team to 5f! points is not bad. but we've got to b<' abl(' to score mor<' than 45. "We had looks just couldn't knock thl'm clown." Midway through the first half. East Central - using a lf>-3 run

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EMCC went on a 12-0 run to start the second half, breaking open a game the Lions already led by 17 Woodie Howard scored 17 points to join Ware in double figures. The Lion!' also had double-digit nights from Darian Donald (13) and Johnathan Harris (10) . The \\ arriors (3-3) wt•re lt•d by former Meridian Wildcat James StaJ:ks, who.had-a double-double v.ith 13 points and a dozen boards. The EMCC squads will be back in action Thursday at Copiah-Lincoln, while East Central will travel to Bo01wvillE the "iame night.

Scooba Tech earned the M ason 'iplit with East Ct'tllral. taking a 31 point win here Monday. · The Lions, who never trailed in the game, led by as many as 34 in the second half and cruised to their second victory of the year. Coco Ware- coming off a season– ligh 29 points last Thursday against )earl River Communit} College - cored 24 to pace the Lions. He also mllecl down seven rebound-.,.