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Poplanille. A natt\e of Chtcago, Houston tS a product of Quitman Htgh School .mJ · as -;elected for the annual \1t,,is~tppi High School AII-St:r. Basketball Game. ,- .! ~ a 5- 1 • 165-pound guard, b a prod– uct TCll) High School. He transferred to ECCC from Hinds Commuruty College. Additional returnees from ECCC's 2009-10 -.quad include forward Kendall Jackson (~1. 215). a product of Columbus High School and point guard Shelton Banks (5-9. 145) ofMonon High School. Jackson received the Warriors· hustle award and Banks received the Panthers· "Playmaker Award." Freshmen include pomt guard Thomas Slaughter (6". 200) of Jackson. a product of Calla\\ ay High School, guards Gregory Hodo (~3. 1551 ofGrand Rapid'. ~11. and a product of :\'onh\\est Rankin High School. Justin Be!J (5- 8, I-tO) of Pluladelptua. a product of Choctaw Central High School, Glenn Thomas. Jr. (6'. 185) of Brookhaven. a product of Loyd Star High School. and Jimmy Broomfield (5-11, IQO) of S~.-ott Central: and tomard-; Jordan Sn·tth 6- 5 ::! 15 of Jackson and a product of PrO\ me Hlgh School. and Chm \1cLendon (~ 5. ::!t5) ofForN and a product of Monon H1gh ~ ol. Hodo received mo't 1mprmed and \ fichael Crouthcr ay,ards Thomas ''a' an All-Di,mct and All-Lincoln Cc unty ~lection an Tech UnheNt) m Ru-,se!Jville He helped lead Tech to a Gulf South Conference champion-hip and a 30-2 record. Student assistants mclude MarqUise Kenned) of Lake, Jeremy Jones of :-.:e\\10n, Larb'a R) am of Fore,t, Charles Sffilth of Durant, Mercedes Brown of ebasropol and Ka)asha Bowie of Lena.

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they all work hard eve!) day not just when I am watdung but on their own time as well. That's what separates a contender from a champiOn."' Top returnees indude gu.!nh Kenneth BariO\\ (6-i. 195 a pnduct of Scon Central Hlgh School. and Keondre Hodges (5-11. 170) of ~ewton Htgh School. Barlow recel\·ed All-State and All-Star hon– ors and was a Clanon-Ledge& Dandy Do1en selecuon at Scott Central prior to JOining the Wamor program Hodge-, helped lead the Ttgers to the 2008 tate mle recet\ed (l1(bl \altUble player honors m the champion:\hip game. He was named dl\·ISton mo. t valuable player in 2009 and recetved defenstve player of the year hono.-.. at Scott Central. Barlow averaged I3 points. six rebounds and two asststs. and Hodges averaged nine pomts and two asst~ts during la\t ~cason ·s 5-18 cam– paign. Hodge' was al~ '

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