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L ckett leads ECCC :Warriors Warriors remain unbeaten SP£0A TO iH! -: DEC ing Region 23 champion Lady \\arriors were handed their first loss on the ) oung season, a 62-60 setback to the I .ady Lions. Dale, who led EC with in l afa) ene, : a., and Alisha McAfee ofNorthwest Ran1Jn.. eight each: and Danielle Cole of Philadelphia, three Martkia Hall of

guard J Carthag points and ed East Cer!tral t:oorum.;ni College\\ dec ton East 1iss Commwui\ C ThUI'Sda) • gh Brackeen-\\Ood 2\m on the Decatur camp East Central no 3..{) on the )Otmg n. recened \\ell-desen'ed pr.use foU "· ing the n n-dn lSI batt e from third-) ear head coach Maurice Bo"ic. "I thought our gu) did a good JOb of protectm,., our home ooun and rerord, Bo\\ ie said of his "amors. \\ho further explained bo" the Warriors' undefeated record \\ill be tar2et for the opposition: "It's easy being the underdog because ) ou ptck \\ho to gun for. But \\hen you arc one oft\\o unbeaten teams in the state then \ ou have to be on gudrd e\ en night you step onto the • court." In addition to Lucken. other Warrior point makers

22 points, drilled a three– pointer which trimmed the East Mississippi lead to 61- 60 ""ith six second~ left, but the Lad) Warriors could get no closer in the hard-fought battle. Ilead coach Bill Smith whose Lad) Warriors fell 'to 2-_l on the )Oung campaign, satd the Lady Lions' success in rebounding was the deciding factor in the non– dh ision matchup. "I hey killed us on the offensive boards. lbat was the dttTercnce 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 wa) too man) second– chance baskets." lti 34.fdili(fJi.lli.:D.d.lc a for– mer Choctu\\ Central High School standout, other EC scorers \\ere Rashima Jenkins, a product ofAirline Htgh School in Bossier Ci~. La., 10; Hannah Lee of Leake Aeadem' nine· De houri Spates ~f St. ' m. More High School

Southeast Lauderdale had 19 points to lead tl·e Lady Lions, who npro\c:d to 2-0. fC hcF 'ilim -29 past The Lady Warriors and Warriors will be on the road for the remaining games in November, beginning Monday, No\ 10 as they take on Bevill State in Fayette, Ala. EC battles Holmes on Nov. 13; East Miss., Nov. 17; Northeast, lead at the break.

ECCC PHOTO Josh Luckett (23} of Carthage ~ in one of his 29 points during ECCC's 73-63 victory over rival East Mississippi Community College. \\ere Kenm fhomas of Jackson Pro\ine, JO; Rod Lofton of Forest, nine· Antonio Grace' ofNe\~ton . h • et_ t; De\ arus "Scooter" \\alker ofNe\\ton County, James Starks of Meridian and Andre' Pitchford of Jackson Pro\ ine. four each; Jacob Jordan of Opelousas, La, three, and Rico Jones of forest. t\\O D ·an Donal.:rD-.::-r-~......:...

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Columbus poured in 19 po ts for the Lions, \\ho fell to 0-2

Nov. 20; Enterprise (Ala.), Nov 22; and ltawamba, Nov. 24. EC squads host Northeast l"hursday. Dec. 4. The women's game begins at 6 p.m. follo\\ ed by the men's contest at 8 p.m. in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building.

East Central held a 30-25

achantage at halftime.

In the \ omens contest, M) ee D e ·umper at the

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