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his team's effort:-. specifi– callv in the first half when theWarriors rolled to a 4S- 26 ad\'antage. "I thoughfwe did a good job in the first half extend– ing the offense," Bowie said in a post-game inter– view. "We also played our defense strategically: and I thought everybody did a good job rotating and understanding what we were doing." Bowie added. "We've got to do a much better job once we get the lead. keep– ing our composure and understanding how to close out ball ganu~s." Also scoring in double figures were Josh Luckett of Carthage. l i: Jarob Jor– dan of Opelousas, La.. 13: a'nct Antonio Grace of Ne\\1on. 10. Other scorers were Kenneth Barlow of Scott Central, seven: Rico Jones of Forest, six, Steve Edwards of Newton, five; Chucky Curry of Newton, four; and Kenny Thomas of Jackson Provine, two. Ricardo Porter pumped in 30 points to lead the Dol– phins, who imprO\·ed to 5- 13 and avenged an 85-72 defeat to the Warriors iP th~ season openc1:

on neJct m the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Build.irig in Decatur. 'f!le Lady Warriors held on for a 60-51 victory over the Lady Dolphins but the Warriors were unable to maintain their 19-point halftime advantage and fell 87-82 to the visitors from Louisiana. Sophomore forward Rashima Jenkins poured in 26 points to lead the EC women, who improved to 10-4 under fourth-year head coach Bill Smith. Jenkins, a product of Air– line High School in Bossier City, La., also led in rebounds with 10. Although pleased with the \ictory, Smith \Yas dis– ::tppointed in his team s performance. "It wasn't one of our best efforts....we didn't play ,-ery well," Smith said in a post-game inter– viev.: "We had a couple of starters that were injured but we were able to man– age to hang on and pull out the victoryat the end." In addition to Jenkins. other scorers were Han– nah Lee of Leake Acade– my, 13; Mystee Dale of

improved to 114 oveulli and 1-1 in league play, while the Lady Bears dropped to 6-5 and 0-2. Following the victory, fourth-year head coach Bill Smith complimented his team's performance. "I thought we did a real good job especially after Mystee (Dale) was injured in the first half," Smith said. "We had some other people to step up and I thought DeShouri Spates probably played her best game of the year. It was just a good effort from everybody." (Dale's injury is not serious and she is expected to play Thursday at Hinds.) Spates. a 5-4 freshman guard from St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, La., was EC's second-leading scorer with 11 points. Other point makers were Allison Phillips of Leake Acade– my and Alisha McAfee of Northwest Rankin, eight each; Dale, a ChoctawCen– tral product and Danielle Cole of Philadelphia, six each; Hannah Lee of Leake Academy and Sha Coleman of Newton County, five each; and