2009

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ECCC women beat EMCC By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Edttor 1 he East Central Com– munity College Lady \\aniors defeated East Mts'is tppt {72- 64) and lost to Northeast Mis~m:stppi (75-74) in last week's basketball action The Wamors lo t to both East Mississtppt (78-75) and Northeast (79-71 ). The Lady Wnmors, 6-2, Ne'.\ ton County scored six. Eryn Gray led the Lady Lions, 3-2 with 13 points. EC led 31-28 at halfttme. then outscored the I ady Lions 41-36 over the second 20 minutes East Mississippi 78 EC men 75 Antonio Grace's left-

handed tay-in to possibly win the game was blocked with 2.5 seconds left and East Mississippi added two late free throws to seal a three-pomt win and earn a scncs sweep with the November. 16 win at Decatur. Kenneth Thomas led EC, 3-4, with 24 points. Grace ~cored 23 and had II rebounds. Titus Mims added I 0 points and Kendall Jackson scored eight. Coco Ware had 19 points to lead East Mississippi, 6-1. The Lions led 42-41 at halft1me ortheast 75 EC women 74 The Lady Warriors fell by one m Thursday's contest at Continued on SB... !':ee ECCC...

and Warriors, 3-5, rentm to act10n after the Thanksgiv– ing hohdays by hostmg Copiah-Lincoln on Thurs– day, Dec. 3, m thetr MACJC South Divi ion openers EC women 72 East Mississippi 64 The Lady \\amors atoned for an earlier Joss wtth an eight-point '.\ m O\ er East Mississippi on No\ember 16 at Decatur. Damdle Cole of Phtladel– phia scored 26 pomts a EC tmpro\ ed to 6-1 and extend– ed its win streak to five. Demetna Slocum tossed in 13 points. Hannah Lee added nine. Shantel Neely had eight. Yolanda Jone~ had seven and Sierra Cron· of

Newton County grad Sierra Croff drives in for a layup in East Central's recent game with Holmes. The Lady Warriors are 6-2 going into this week. Photo by Marty Stamper

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