2008

B4 SPORTS MCC, East Central each split on road

from staff reports One game after scoring a points, Meridian Community Col– lege's NaDosha Strickland continued her torrid shooting, establishing a new career-high with 41 points in leading the Lady Eagles to an 81-71 win at Gulf Coast Monday night Behind Strickland, a former standout at 13ay Springs High School. Meridian turned a 39-39 half– time tie into a 10-point win. In addition to Strickland, Monique Clayton added 13 for the Lady Eagles. Savannah Palamare.z paced Gulf Coast with 25. With the win, Meridian improved to 1S.3 overall and 5-2 in division play to keep pat·e with 6-1 East Central. -Br01zdo11 Walker Gulf Coast men 80 Meridian 78 After owning a 42-38 half– time lead, Meridian's Eagles were unable to keep up with homestanding Gulf Coast, who roared back to claim a 2- point win. Sophomore Regis Huddle– ...ton, abo of Bay pring . a -~ "clt33 thP Eagles while TC Frankhn countered with 36 for Gulf Coast.Meridian will remain on the road Thursday night, traveling to take on Hinds in another doubleheader. -Brandon Walker East Central Pearl River 63 53 East Central Community College's Lady Warriors improved to 1S.2 overall and team-high 31

AREA ROUNDUP and-tuck from the outset, Enterprise entered halftime with a two-point lead and held on for a win over West Laud· erdale Monday night. After owning a 28-26 half– time lead over the Knights, Enterprise held on despite a late charge for the win. For the Bulldogs, who improved to 7-9 with the win, J.D. McGruder led the way with 14 points, followed by Dion Johnson with 12 and Marquez Goodloe with 10. Paris Johnson added eight for EHS. On the West LaudC'rdale side. Justin Ford paced all scorers with 16 while Matthew Betts chipped in 1:~ and Nathan Herrington added 11. Enterprise will return home to host Neshoba Cen– tral tonight while West will travel to Quitman. -Brandon Walker West Lauderdale 38 Enterprise girls 3 7 Trailing by a bucket heading into the fourth quarter. West Lauderdale's Lady Kni{!ht out..cored Enter– prj · -4 · n the final frame to e cape "ith a 1-point win. For West Lauderdale, Leslie Martin c;corcd eight, while Nundie Franklin and Tambria Davis each added seven. On the Enterprise side, Baleigh. Volking led all scorers with 14 whitt• Katie Sheppard added 13. -Brando11 Walker

PREP SOCCER West Lauderdale 8 Neshoba Central 3 Missing the Class 4A play– offs by an eyelash, West Lauderdale's boys ended their season on a winning note Monday night. Behind a four-goal per– formasce from Nathan Hodges, the Knights ended their season at 10-8 overall and 5-3 in division play. In addition to Hodges, the Knights received a pair of goals from Caleb Brown. Also scoring for WL were Alex Malvaez and Jacob Daniels.For West, Chase Sonak added a pair of assists. -Brando11 Walker LATE BASKETBALL Leake Aca. girls 67 Manchester 23 The No. 1 ranked Rebelettes opened the game with a 3S.2 run and coasted to their 30th win of the season against no defeats. Leake led 45-8 at halftime and got a game-high 21 points from ~lary Lauren \\'~J..,on. Ef!1ily Kea a~ded 14 I pomk'. ''hde Anna \' m,..tead 1 scored 12. Brittany Gross and Ragen Sistrunk shared team-high honors with five assists each, while Hannah Lee had six steals. Leake, 30-0, had its con– test against Oak Hill on Sat– urday canceled. The Rebelettes go to Tri– County Academy tonight. --Rocky Higginbotham

6-1 in MACJC South Division play with a 63-53 victory on the road at Pearl River Monday night. After owning a :{4<~0 hall· time lead, the Lady Warriors extended their lead to earn the 10-point win. For the Lady Warriors, Rashima Jenkins connected on 12-of-16 shots from the field for a game-high 27 points and added 11 rebounds to lead the way. Mystee Dale added 14 for East Central while Tancsha Brown scored 10. Sherrion Thomas led Pearl River (13-5, 4-3) with 11 points. -Brandon Walker Pearl~ River Men 70 East Central 67 After trailing by 12 at half– time, East Central's Warriors made a second-half push before falling short Monday night. East Central's Dcvarius Walker led the second half charge, connecting for five three-pointers en routt• to a team-high 23 point!>. Jo,h Luckett added 13 for the War- n rs e ;lu,tin Brown each -.cored eight.For PRCC. Donta . mith led the way with 20. With the lo~s. East Cen– tral falls to 7-11 overall and 2-5 in division play. -Brandon m1lker

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