2008

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LadyWarriors maintain league lead By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Editor The Cru.t Central Community College Lad:> \\amors picked up two more wins last week, while the Wamors turned in a 1-1 sho\ving. Thl! EC women swept minutes remaining. Jones reclaimed the lead at 79-77 with 3:48 showing. but Tawayatha Evans tied the game at 79 and Tanesha Brown drained a trey for an 82-79 EC lead with 2:05 left. EC (10-1 overall, I -0 divi– 15, Dacron Maxtion had 14. and Rod Lofton scored I I. Trenton Marshall led Jones KC' fell to 11 -2 and 1-1. Dale Jed EC \\ llh 25 points.

\\ lulc Jenkins sL·orcd 20. The Lad) Warriors also got I 0 pomt from ~li<>a Matlock, nin~: from Fvap . md six from Henderson 1Cl' got ,6 points from Jc.:nmfer \Vair. 14 apn:ce from l\1'- nd l \ ;'lder!>Oll and Na 1sha Strickland. and I0 fro l iara Part,~·r. Meridian 87 EC men 66 Regi~ Huddlc~ton clramcd eight 3-point haskcts in !call– ing MCC \\ ith a gamc-h1gh 1~ pomt . Huddleston hMI 12 pomt on four treys in th..: fi rst hal fn~ the Eagles carried H 42-1lJ lead into h:llftime. 1\lano Luckett had II points in the fiN half. MCC upped II!> k:ad to 5(1- 34 In the first fiVL' minutes of the .;ccond half to taJ...e control. r- C closed to "tthtn 58-4 wltn 10. 15 remaining. but the Eagles scored IJ of the ne\t 18 pomts to extl.!nd theit lc.td to 71 -53 with seven minutes sho\\tng. E( tell to 6-7 mcrall and 1-1 m the division ~1CC impro' ed n 8-5 and 2-0. f:C gc 17 pmnt from Josh Luckett. 16 from Marqu b Wibon. l 0 from Darron Maxt1on, and nine from De, arus Walker. MlC' also gtll 15 pomb each fro111 Luckett and Reggi..: ShclwooJ and 12 from Otis \\illlam,...

(4-8 overall, 0- 1division) with 25 points. Jonathan Woodland added II. EC women 79 Meridian 76 EC rut hard early and came away with Thursday's league win at Decatur. The Lady Warriors scored the game·s first stx points ?nd led 26-12 on a bal>kct b): Tawayatha E\.ans with 7:50 left in the opening half. "We came out and played really good the first fi"e or s1x minutes and got that I 0- 12 point lead." said EC coach Bill Smith. 'The girls did a good job of coming out ready to play tonight .. Mystee Dale had 17 first half points for EC with Rashima Jenkins adding 12. MCC closed to within 37- 28 at halftime. After MCC closed to with– in 44-41 on a basket by Je111a Sabina with 15:26 to play. nei– ther team would lead by more than four point~ until JUst 39 seconds remained. Chotsani Henderson put EC up 77-71 \'vtth two frl!c throws with 39 seconds k ft. but 2-of-6 free-throw shootmg by the Lady Warriors over the final 29 seconds left MCC tmiling only 79-76 wtth I0 seconds to go. MCC was unable to convct1 on its final possession. however. EC improved to I 1-1 O\·cr– all and 2-0 111 divisiOn pia}.

sion) got 23 points from Rashima JenJ...ins. 22 from fanesha Brown, 12 each from Evans and Mystee Dale, and six from Alisa Matloc~. Hubbard led Jones (7-5 overall, 0-1 division) with 26 points, 22 of which came in the first half. Demara Bolton added 15, Kim Lewis had 11, and Mills had nine. EC men 73 Jones 67 The Warriors outscored Jones 20-13 over the final SC\'Cn minutes to come away with the win in the Jan. 7 con– test at Ellisville. EC took a 34-28 lead into halftime after scoring nme of the last II poin1s of the first 20 minutes. The Warriors took the game's largest lead at 39-30 when Tony Parker hit a 3- pointer with 18:30 left to play. Jones answered with a I0-0 run to go up 40-39 with 15: 17 remaining. Trailing 54-53, EC used a 14-7 run to take control. The Bobcats closed to wtthin 67-65. but Devarus Walker's 3-pointer with 37 seconds left scaled the win. Marquis Wilson led EC (6- 6 O\'erall. 1-0 dt\ ision) with 17 points. Josh Luckett added

Jones Jumor College and Meridian Community College to improve to 11-1 overall and 2-0 tn the MACJC South Dhll>IOn The Warriors beat Jones, but lo~t to MCC. They entered the week 6-7 overall and l- 1 in league play. Aftl.!r hosting Copiah- Lincoln Commw11ty College on Monday, EC will hit the road for game~ at Southwest Mississippi Commun11y College on Thursday and at Hinds Community College on Jan. 21. EC \\Omen 87 Jones 83 The Lady \Varnors trailed most of the game, but rallied for the four-point win in their division opener at [ llisville on Jan. 7 Jone~ led 43-28 ~ith 4:55 to go in the first half on a bas– ket by Kate Hubbard. After EC closed to within 50-47 on a 3-pointer by Jordan Patterson with 40 seconds left in the half. the Lady Bobcats turned a Shasta Milb bucket into a 52-l7 halfttmc advan– tage. The Lady Warrior~ were looking at a 68-59 deficit with 12:46 to play. Howe\'er. a 15-3 f. run put rc up 74-71 with six

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