2010

ECCC Lady Warriors clinch playoff berth East Central Community 10 m league play.

uct made the first of two free throw attempts with 8.9 sec– onds remaining, giving EC. itS margin of victory. However, the game was not secured until Lady Bulldog Kiara Johnson was unsuccessful on her three– point attempt as time expired. Lee, a Leake Academy prodi.1ct from Philadelphia, led EC with 17 points and seven rebounds. Her three-pointer with 22 seconds left cut the Gulf Coast lead at 65-64. Cole was the second-lead– ing scorer with 16 points and four rebounds

College's Lady Wamors quali– fied for post-season play fol– lowing their 81-70 win over home-standing Pearl River Community College Monday night coupled with Gulf Coast's 75-63 setback to Southwest. With the win, the EC women improved to J 3-9 over– all and 5-6 in the MACJC South Division. The Lady War– riors clinched fourth place and a spot in the MACJC State Tournament, scheduled Feb. 22-25, 2010, at East Mississip– pi Community College in Scooba. Co-Lm leads the South at 11-0, followed by Jones Coun– ty and Southwest, each with 8- 3 marks. The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-8, followed by Hinds at 2-9 and Pearl River, 1- 10. The top four finishers qual– ify for post-season. Sophomore Danielle Cole of Philadelphia paced EC with 26 points and seven rebounds tJin the win over Pearl River. : Also scoring were Hannah

Other scorers were Kenneth Thomas of Jackson Provine, 12; Steve Edwards. II, Antonio Grace, eight. and Kcondre Hodges, seven, all products of Newton High School; Kendall Jackson of Columbus, four; and Jonathan McLcnden, a product of Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas, two. Rod Little had 16 points to lead the division-leading Wild– cats, who improved to 19-4 and 9-2. The other top three teams are Jones County (8-3), Hinds (7-4) and Gulf Coast (7-5) Pearl River led 26-23 at the break. The Warriors were edged 59-54 by the Wildcats earlier m the season. The Lady Warners and War– riors host Jones County Junior College Thursday in the regular season fmale, wluch IS also Sophomore Appreciation Night. The women's game begins at 6 p.m. and will be fol– lowed by the men's contest at 8 p.m. in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building. • Lee's Trey leads to key ECCC victory: Hannah Lee's three-point shot from the top of the key with 11.7 seconds remaining helped propel East Central Community College's Lady Warriors to a stunning 68- 66 win over visiting Mississip– pi Gulf Coast Thursday rught. With the key MACJC South Division victory, EC's women improved to 12-9 overall and more IIDportantly 4-6 in league action and kept alive theu pla~­ off hopes. The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 8-16 and 4-7. The two teams are battling for fourth place in the divisiOn. The top four teams advance to the MACJC State Tournament later this month., Following Lee's trey - her third of the evening - teammate Danielle Cole was fouled after taking possessiOn on a Gulf Coast turnover, and the

Lee of Leake Academy, 11; Yolanda Jones of Lake, 10: Shantel Neely of Searcy (Ark.) High School, nine; Sierra Croff of Newton County, seven; Demetria Slocum of Bradford High School in Starke, Fla; Xenobia Lavender of Noxapa– ter, four ; Shanequa Bufkin. three, and Quentinette Odom. APPEARE[ two, both from Scott Central: and Sharae Piques of Olive CARTHAG Branch, two.

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Kenyatta Epps poured in 20 points to lead the Lady Wild– cats, who fell to 7-15 overall. EC, which earlier clipped the Lady Wildcats by a slim 84- 83 margin in overtime, led 39- 28 at the break. In the men's game, Pearl ruver broke open a close con– test at halftime to win,70-58. Jasper Bronson, a freshman from Forest Hill, pumped in 14 points to lead EC, which

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