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Lady No. 13 ECCC women prevail in battle of one-loss teams while Huddleston goes off for Eagles in victory DECATUR - The 13th-ranked LadyWarriors of East Central Com– munity College used 25 points from Mystee Dale and 20 from Rashima Jenkins to take a 79-76 MACJC By Marty Stamper Special to The Star

"We came out and played really good the first five or six minutes and got that 10-12 point lead," said ECCC coach Bill Smith. 'The girls did a good job of coming out ready to play tonight." MCC closed to within 37-28 at halftime behind nine points from Maranda Anderson and seven from Jennifer Wair. Dale had 17 first half points for ECCC with Jenkins adding 12. ~ 'ley're two of our top three leadmg scorers," Smith said. "Rashima did a real good job against their big girl the first half and then Mystee stepped it up in the second half and made some big buckets." After MCC closed to within 44-41 on a basket by Jenia Sabina with 15:26 to play, neither team would ~ead by more than four points until JUSt 36 seconds remained. "It's two fine basketball teams battling with each other," said MCC coach Hilary Allen. "I don't want to compare it to a heavyweight fight, but basically it was a punch, counter punch. We would score and go up and then they would go back up three or four." Chotsani Henderson put ECCC up 77-71 with two free throws with 39 seconds left, but 2-of-6 free-throw shooting by the Lady Warriors over See ECCC Page 83

South Division win over Meridian Com– munity College Thursday night. ECCC improved to 11-1 overall and 2-0 in the division, while MCC fell ti> 11-2 and 1-1. In the men's con– test, the Eagles kicked the War– riors out of their tepee behind the hot hand of Regis Huddleston with an 87-66 victory. The Eagles improved to 8-5 overall and 2-0 in league play. ECCC fell to 6-7 and 1-1. In the women's contest, the Lady Warriors scored

ECCC 79

MCC 76

the game's first six points and led 26-12 on a basket by Tawayatha Evans with 7:50 left in the opening half.