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Katherine 1'avlor of Carthage, t\~,:o. • The Lady Warriors made 14 of 39 field goahl (35.9 percent) in the first half and were 15 of 28 (53.6 percent) in second-half action. EC was somewhat successful at the fl .. c. th1 ~w line. connecting on 13 of :b! shots (f}cl.~ per– cent). Octavian Bearden of Tylertown had 18 points to lead Southwest. ECled37-26 at the break. East Central squads travel to Hinds Cmrummi– ty College Thursday for another division matchup on the Utica campus. The Lady Warriors and War– riors host league oppo– nent Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Tuesday, Jan. 20 in the Brackeen-Wood gym. The game was moved from ~onday because of the Martin Luther King holi– day. Women's action begins at 6 p.m. followed by the men's contest at 8 p.m. ECCC splits with Delgado East Central Communi– ty College squads split decisions with Delgado Community College Thursday night in non- . .

Choctaw Central.· seven: Sha Coleman of t\ewton County, six; and DeShouri ' Spates of St. Thomas ~lore High School in Lafayette, La.. Lanie Triplett of Scott Central and Danielle Cole of Philacl~lphia. two cJ.1Ch. jan1ey :Ellis had 1';" ppints to lead the Lady Dolphins. vvho fell to 5-12. EC held a 41-28 advan– tage at the break. The Ladv Warriors defeated Delgado 68-59 in New Odeans in the season opener on :r-.;o\~ 1. EC returns to MACJC South Division action Monday by hosting South– west Mississippi Commu– nity College at 6 p.m. The Lady Warnors are 0-1 in league play after falling 76- 71 to home-standing Copi– ah-Lincoln Community College on Dec. 8. The Lady Bears began divi– sion play by falling 77·50 to the Lady Wolves Thurs– day night. In the men's contest. Newton County I ligh School product Dcvarus "Scooter" Walker had 18 points to lead the War– riors, who dropped to 6-8 under third-year head coach Mam·ice BO\vie Bowie. although disap– pointed with the loss. had positive comments about

omore guard/forward from Carthage, led the rally by pouring in 14 points and grabbing six rebounds. Also scoring were Antonio Grace. a Newton High School prod– uct, 12; Rico Jones of For– est, 11; Devarus "Scooter" Walker of Newton County, 10; Kenneth Barlow of Scott Central, seven: Rod Lofton of Forest. six: Jacob Jordan of Opelousas, La., five; Steve Edwards and Chucky Curry, both of Newton, three each; and Kenny Thomas of Jackson Provine, two. Barlow led in rebounds with seven. ·otis Smith had 14 points to lead Southwest, which fell to 1·11 and 0-2. The Bears held a 34-22 advantage at halftime. In the women's game. sophomore forward Rashima Jenkins pumped in 22 points and led the Lady Warriors to a 73-60 decision over their oppo– nent from Summit. Jenk– ins, a product of Airline High School in Bossier City, La., also led in rebounds with 11. With the victory, EC