2008

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... --- J ECCCLady Warriors Survive Another 'CloseEncounter'

and 1-2 in league play1under second year bead coach Maurice Bowie. Co– Lin improved to 9-4 and 3-0. · EC point makers were Josh Luckett of Carthage and Marquis Wilson, a product ofDelhi (La.) High School, 14 each; Darron Maxtion of Sparkman HS in Harvest, La., I 1; Devarus "Scooter" of Newton County, eight; Karl Robinson ofJack– son Jim Hill, Marico Jones and Rod Lofton, both of Forest, and Joe Th– ompson ofMorton, four each; Tony Parker of Meridian, three; and Ore Dickinson ofMeridian and Maurice Langston of Northeast Lauderdale, two each ' Trent Hutchin of Baton Rouge led Co-Linwith 20 points. ECCCsquads bitthe road for the next two division matchups, first at Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit on Thursday fol– lowed by another key contest Mon– day at Hinds Community College in Utica. The Lady Warriors andWar– riors host Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Thursday, January 14.

ond of two free throws with 45 sec– onds remaining for the winning mar– gin. Co-Lin missed three shots in the final 17 seconds and Lady Warrior Chotsani Henderson ofNewton gath– ered in a rebound on the final attempt with five seconds remaining to pre– serve the victory. EC was led in scoring by Rashima Jenkins, a product ofAirline High School in BossierCity, who had 15 points. Also scoring wereTanesha Brown ofJackson Provine, 11; Dale, nine; Alisa Matlock of Carthage, seven; Jordan Patterson ofOak Hill Academy, six; Tawayatha Evans of Newton andAlishaMcAfee ofNortb– west Rankin, five each; and Allison Phillips ofLeakeAcademy, two. Alisba Mason ofEnterprise pumped in 22 points to lead the Lady Wolves. Co-Lin held a 34-33 advan– tage at the break. In themen's contest, EC was unable to maintain its slim 34-33 half– time lead and fell81-70 to the visiting Wolves. Following the division loss, the Warriors dropped to 6-8 overall

Another d1vis1on matchup against a top-rated opponent went down to the wLre for the 13.a ranked East Central Commmul) CollegeLady Warriors, who held on to defeat 17'" ranked Copiah-Lincoln Community College 60-59 ~1onda) night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building in Decatur. The ECCCwomen improved to 12-1overall and 3-0m division play follo\\ing the narrow VIClOry, while the Lady Wolves dropped to l 0-3 and 1-2. East Central began division action by posung nail-biting wins over Jones Counry (87-83) and Me– ridian (79-76). Bill Smtth. now is his third year as Lady Warrior head coach, was obviously relie\ed follO\\ing the:in- tense contest. "Somehow or another, we were just fonunate enough to have one more poinr than they did," Smith said. "It's another win and that's all that matters." The •·one more point" came on a basket by ChoctawCentral prod– uct Mystee Dale who made the sec-

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