2008

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EC's title bid ends in Kansas A champion...hip ,ea...on ~as come to an end for the East Centra] Community Co lege Lady \Varrior~ 'l were outscored 89-75 b' 'le1ton State Commumty C · ge in an e1imination game Thur,.day afternoon in the i':'.TCAA Di\i- sion I Women'!' Ba:--ketball National Championship held at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas. Seeded 13th, Ea t Central advanced to the national com– petition as the Region 2R champion, but fell victim to a barrage of three-pointer:- by the twelfth-seeded Lady Buc– caneers, who made 13 of: 26 shots from beyond the arc. ~ The Lady Warrior.;, who

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The Lady Warriors trailed 42-36 at the break. . _Ea~ Central began compe– titiOn m the double-elimina– tion tournament by falling 7 4 _ 4~ Wednesday to No. 4 seed Southeastern Illinois Commu– nity College, located in Harris– burg.

finished 22-8 under third-year head coach Bill Smith, were led by Rashima Jenkins who pumped in 21 points. Jenkins is a product of Airline High Schoo] in Bossier City, La. Also scoring for EC were Mystee Dale of Choctaw Central, 19; Tawayatha Evans of Newton, 15; Tanesha Brown of Jackson Provine, 14; and Allison Phillips of Leake Academy, six. EC was five of nine (55.6 APPEARE percent) from three-point range. Brown made four of eight attempts and Dale was CARTHA< successful on her only attempt. _ Lauren Tucker had 18

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SCOTT Cl points to lead Shelton State, of ----

UNION AF Tuscaloosa, Ala., which

improved to 29-5. The Lady ----

WINSTON Buccaneers advance to semi-

final action of the Consolation ---–

SPIRIT OF Bracket on Friday.

>-- See EC on lOA