2009

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Juco Roundu.D Warriors can't close out JCJC

from combined reports Jones County Junior College led only one time in the second half of its game "ith East Central Community College on Thur day nighl Brian Singleton's free throw with 1.3 seconds remaining gave JCJC a thrilling. 8& 85 victory over the Warriors before a loud crowd in Bobcat Gym on Sophomore ~· .::'lt Singleton's free throw capped a furi u-.. rally and gave the No. 20 Bobcat"- their tiN South Division title since 2003-04 East Central (8-17, 2-10) led by a.;; many as nine in the first half and was un4945 at intermission. The Warriors wen up 7~5 with 8:16left and 83-71 with 4:37 remaming, but could not close the deal. Jones tied the game ar 5-85 r" "'ID· gleton's layup with 58.2 seconds left. Aaer the Warriors missed a shot, the Bobca~ g t the rebound and called time "ith lq 6 sec– onds to play. They spread the court and got lhe ball to Singleton. who drove the lane and drew the foul with 1.3 seconds to play. He mi.;;St:'d the first shot. but hit the second one. After a timeout, the ·warriors got the ball to Steve Edwards, who missed every– thing on a half court shot attempt. Jones. 21-4 overall and 10-2 in the divi– sion. got23 points from Trenton ~1arshall. 15 from Danny Bolton and 12 each from Singleton and Brandon Wilson. KennyThomas had 20 for the Warrior-;, while Antonio Grace added 19, Kenneth Barlow had 15 and Edwards had 12. ECCC ends the season at 8-17 and 2-10. - from school reports Jones County women 78 East Central 54 The issue was never in doubt as the Lady Bobcats dominated from the start Jones scored the game's fi rst seven points, led 1~3 just over 4 minutes into the game and took its longest lead of the first half at intermission, 41-23. ECCC (17-8, 7-5) cut the lead to 49-38 with 15:24 left, but that was as close as they would get. The final score matched the largest margin of the evening for the Lady

Bobcat~. TeAnna Carter paced Jones, 19-6 and 9- 3, wilh 17 points. Ashley Lee added 15, · Demara Bolton had 13 and Brittaey Lev– erell had 11. :·ormer Choctaw Central standout \ly-.tt;c Dale had 17 for the Lady Warriors, 1--. and 7-5. DeShouri Spates added 12 and Alii on Phillips had 10. - from school reports EMCC women 76 Northeast Mississippi 61 The Lady Lions clinched the top seed in nl'xl week's MACJC tournament by closing out Northeast in the regular season finale Thursday night in Scooba. EMCC, who improved to 20-4 and 11-1 in the North Division, will face Southwest )..1ississippi in the '>tate tourney Monday at Jones County. In winning their lOth straight, the Lady Lions got 18 points. five rebounds, seven assists and six steals from Angelique 11urtts. Jasmine Abrams added a double– double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while former Kemper County standout Javitia Eades ->cor<'d 11. -Jamie Wachter EMCC men 81 Northeast Mississippi 53 TI1e EMCC men closed out the regular c;ea on in style Thursday night, stretching an 11-point halftime lead to as many as 33 before settlingfor the 28-point romp. Woodie Howard led four Lions in double ligures with 19 points as he hit his first seven shots. Coco Ware added 14 points- 12 coming in the first half - and eight rebounds, while Cataurius Taylor scored 12. Darian Donald notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds - all coming in the second half. EMCC (15-9, 8-4 in the MACJC North Divison) will playTuesday in the state tour– nament. but the Lions seed depended on the outcome of Holmes Community Col– lege's game Thursday night. EMCC \vill be either the No. 2 or No. 2 seed. - Jamie Wachter

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