2009

East Central 68 Pearl River women 57 Behind three double– figure scorers, the Lady Warrion5 rallied back from a halftime ddicit Thursday night at Pearl River Com– munity College. · Trailing 34-29 at the break, East Central con– trolled play in the second half, outscoring the J._ady Wildcats 39-23. Deshouri Spates led ECCC with 16 points, hit– ting four 3-pointers. Mystee Dale and Rashima Jenkins each added 11 points, as Jenkins hit 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. The Lady Warriors (14- 4, 4-1 in the tv1ACJC South Divsion) visit Copiah-Lin– coln on Monday. -Jamie Wachter Pearl River men 71 East Central 69 In a tight game, the Wild– cats rallied back from a narrow halltime deficit for a home win Thur~day night. Trailing the Warriors 36- 35 at the half. Pearl River rebounded in the second half behind 20 points from Randy Perkins and 15 from Donta Smith. East Central was led by Kenny Thomas' 15 and Josh Luckett'::; 14. Rico Jones added eight points and nine rebounds for the Warriors. ECCC (8-10. 2-3 in the MACJC South Division) travel to Copiah-Lincoln on :\1onday. -Jamie Wachter

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PULLING IT DOWN

East Central's Josh Luckett hauls in a rebound 1n the War– riors 71-69 MACJC South Division loss to Pearl River Thursday m Poplarville.

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