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East Central ladies top N«~. 17 Co-Lin By Marty Stamper Specral to The Star , DECAI'lJR - Close vktorh·~ riors a 56-55 lead a minute later. Co-Lin's Kris tin Ellis tied the game at 59 with a basket in the lane with 1:37 showing. at halftime behind eight points earh from Rashima Jenkins, Mystee Dale. and Tancsha Brown. In ·a turnover-plagued

lege and a three-point vic– tory over Meridian Com– munity College in their pre– vious league contests. "We knew we'd probably be a little flat after our big win last week over Meridian. Co-Lin was

appear to bt~ liH! storyline for tlu· East Central Community Collt•ge Lady Warriors I his. bm>ket hall season. Mond ay produced a liO·!l9 win over Copiah I incol!l Community College for tht~ Lady Warriors, who are ranked No. 1:~ in the NJCA/\ Division l poll. Co-Lin enlen•cl tlw contest at No. 17 ECCC improved to 3-0 in tlw MACJC South Division and 12-l overall with the win. The ECCC women had posted a bur-point win over Jones junior Col-

Dale was fouled on an inbounds pass with 45.8 seconds left and made the second of two free throws for the winning margin. Co-Lin missed three shots in the final 17 seconds and ECCC's Chot– sani Henderson gathered a rebound with five seconds left and dribbled out the clock. Jenkins led ECCC with 15 points. Brown scored ll, Dale had nine, See ECCC Page 83

second half by both teams, the Lady Wolves pulled out to a 49-41 advantage on a basket by Alisha Mason with 13:46 rt>maining. ECCC ralli<.•d to within 55-52 with just under t>ighl minutes left on a :~. pointer by Jordon Pattersqn and a three-point play by Tawayatha Evans. A putb'!s-)s.baskct by Jenkins cut the deficit to 55,54 with 7:22 left. Alisa McAfee gave the Lady War-

coming off a tough loss lo South· Wl'Sl. so both tt•ams were a littlt· flat." ECCC roarh Bill Smith said. "Somehow or another, we were just fortqpal<• enough to have one more point at lht: end than they did. "It's another win and that's all that matters." Down 14-8 early in the game, dw Lady Warriors closed to \vi thin :{4.:n