2009

www.meridianstar.com Junior College Basketball: Jones County at East Central Warriors' wild night East Central

Central Community College's Lady \\'arnors to an 80-77 ~lACJC . South Division victoq o\·er Jones Junior College Monday night. "I wasn't sure because we still had around 20 seconds on the clock and the could have come back, but I just took it anyway." Dale said of her game-winner. Jones had just pulled even at 77 on a putback basket by Con– suela TuckPr with 21.9 Sl'Conds left. "We could have called time out and drawn up a play, but I just decided to let it go," said LCCC women's coach Bill Smith ~he

got a good look at it and knocked 't down. That's what players do. She had a pretty good night." Dale finished with a game-high 3-t points. She also had seven assists and five rebounds. ECCC also got 16 points and seven boards from Hannah Lee, 11 points and nine rebounds from Ra~hima Jenkins. seven points and four assisb from DcShoUii Spates, and ei.l.!ht rebounds from Alli<;on Phillips. "Everybody that played did a good job," Smith ~aid. "We could havt' panicked when they camt• bark from being down 10 and we went down two, but the girls just hung on and did a good job the la~t minute and a half. That was the difference in the ballgame." Using a tenacious press in the final minute of the first half, ECCC forced two straight turnovers to turn a 38-36lead into a 45-38 half– time advantage. "We caught them off-guard a little bit and got two quick steals and two easy buckets and kinda got a little momentum going into halftime," Smith said. "They started the second half with the momentum after we turned it over three times in a row." Jones pul·led even at 45 less than 2 minutes into the second half. The Lady Warriors stretched back out to a 61-51 advantage with 10:18 remaining when Dale hit Jenkins for back-to-back layups. Jones got 19 points from TeAnna Carter, 15 frum Ashlev Lee, and 11 from Erica Moore. - "\\'e were both tied for second (in the di\'ision), so it was defi– nitely a big game for both of ug," Smith said. "It was ju:;t a good ball– game out of both teams."

women vvin in last minute; men fall in overtime to Jones

By Marty Stamper Special to The Star

DECATUR - Leaving Mystee Dale unattendt>d ig never wise, especially with the game on the line. Dale buried a wide open 3-point basket from the top of the key with 10 seconds left to propel East

East Central Commun1ty College's Mystee Dale tries to drive to the hoop aga1nst Jones County Jumor College's Demara Bolton Monday n1ght in Decatur. ECCC hosts league-leadinf Copiah-Lincoln on Tiltlr-.day. At the midway point of thE 2008-09 bas-ketball season. th( Lady Warriors are 5-1 in thE league and 15-4 overall. Jones fel to 4-2 and 13-5. Co-Lin entered tht night with a S-0 league mark. Jones County men 98 East Central 96 Brian Singleton drove the laJ1( for the game-winning basket at tht horn as Jones look the men's con

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GOTTA GET IT BACK East Central Commun1ty College's Alisha McAfee tries to gain ball con– trol after colliding with Jones County Junior College's Demara Bolton Monday mght in Decatur

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leading Jones with a g~~~YOBA DEMOCRAT --- - -– high 41 points. Singleton and T renton Marshall both TON RECORD - ------– scored 15 with Todd ECCC got 25 points from J osh Luckett, 19 from ~ION-LEDGER ------­ McDonald adding 11. DIAN STAR - -------

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Scooter Walker, 15 from Kenneth 13arlow, and 12 from Jacob Jordan.

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