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No.3 Co-Lin pulls away fromEMCC By Daniel Rigdon drlgdon@themeridianstar.com SCOOBA-The East Missis– sippi womens basketball team played like a top-10 team against the NJCAA's No.3 eamTuesday night at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. EMCC gave Copiah-Lincoln all it wanted and more for most of the night. CO· I 73 EMCC 65 However, a four-minute span midwaythrough the second half doomed the Lions as the Wolves took a 73-65 vic– tory to advance in the MACJC State Tournament. Co– Lin also got some revenge as EMCC knocked off the Wolves in last year's NJCAA Region 23 cham– pionship game. After trailing by only one point at the halftime break, EMCC (14- 12) came out gunning for the top-– seeded and undefeated Wolves. Former Southeast Lauderdale standout Martika Hull led the ~harge for the Lions grabbing ~bound-after-rebound and .t\\1parting her will inside the paint. \ s With both teams trading bas– \t~s in the opening minutes of the ~<\a \MCC on page 83 '\ ,\ 11

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BLOCKED East Central Community College's Danielle Cole puts up a shot against Northwest Mississippi Communtty College's Hope Adams In the first round of the MACJC State Tournament on Tuesday in Scooba.

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