2009

All or nothing for ECCC teams It was either sweep or get

second team NJCAA All– American, pumped in 24 points to lead EMCC. EMCC held a 30-24 edge at the break. EC women · 81 Northeast 59 The Lady \\ amors jumped out to a 47-26 half– time dvanta_ e and crlUSed to a 22-point thumping ofthe visiting Lady Tiger~ Satur– day in Decatur EC. which tmproved to 1- 1. was led b} freshma9 cen– ter Btanca Thoma of Sebastopol with ll points. Othcr pomt makers were Danielle Cole of Phtladelphia and Shantell Neely of Searcy. Ark., with nine eac~ Hannah Lee Q[ Leake Academy with eight, Jakiala McWilliams of Neshoba Central, Alise Bryant of Northwest Rankm, and Sharae Pigues ofOlive Branch with seven each; and Sierra Croff of Newton County and Quentmette Odom of Scott Central with six each. Cbelsey Whitaker poured in 14 points for Northeast, which fell to 0-2. EC men 63 Nort heast 57 Sophomore Kenneth Thomas pumped in 18 pom~ - including several 3-point– ers in the game's final min– utes - to lead EC to a come– from-behind vtctory O\ er Northeast Mississippt Satur– day afternoon in Decatur. Thomas, a 6-foot-4 guard

uct of Ahef Hastm.;s in Houston, Texas. Also sconng were Antonio Grace of Newton wtth nine points and Jonathan McLenden with five. Tyrie Berry had 16 points to lead Northeast, 1-'2. EC, which trailed by 17 points dunng 'first h< If actton, cut the defictt to 31- 22 at the break. The Warriors outscored the visttors 41-26 in the second half.

remaining whtch gave the Warriors a 54-50 lead. Freshman guard Keondre Hodges' lay-in gave EC the cushion it needed at 58-50 w1th 44 seconds remaining and the Wamors held on for their first season victory and improved to 1-2. Hodges, a former Newton High School standout, fm– ished with 12 points as did fi"e:>hman Titus Mims, a prod-

swept for the East Central Community College basket– ball teams last week. The Warriors from and Lady Warriors school bounced back rt from losing a pair repo s of games at East Mississippi to take two wins over Northeast Mississippi. After going to Coahoma on Monday, EC returns home to host Holmes on Thursday and Itawarnba on Saturday. East Mississippi 58 EC women 56 Lady Warrior Yolanda Jones' 3-point shot at the buzzer was blocked by East Mississippi Community College's Natalie Tate as the Lady Lions escaped with a two-point nail-biter over EC Thursday in Scooba. DanieUe Cole led the Lady Warriors with 14 points. Also scoring were Jones and Hannah Lee with 11 each, Shantell Neely with eight, and Sierra Croffwith five. Tate led EMCC with 17 points. EC trailed 28-27 at the break. East Mississippi 63 EC men 56 EC's men were also defeated Thursday in Scooba as the Lions made clutch shots in the game's final moments to post a seven– point win. Kenneth Thomas and Joshua Carothers of Columbus led EC with 13 points each. Also scoring were Steve Edwards with 11, and Aquill Baynard and Titus Mims with six each. Coco Ware, a preseason

and product of Jackson Provine, drained a trey as the shot clock sounded to give EC a 51-47 advantage with 4:15 left, and connected on his fourth trey of the non– division contest with 3:32 NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL _J"'--- SPIRIT OF MORTON-- -----– MERIDIAN STAR-------

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