2011

ECCC Warriors fa ll from Region 23 in first round·

School in Harlem, N.Y Also scoring in double figures were Greg Hodo of Northwest Rankin, 12; and Bilal Kelley of Straw– berry Mansion High School in Philadelphia,'PA and Kegan Houston of Quitman, 10 each. Other point makers were Shelton Banks of Morton, eight; and Jim– mie Broomfield of Scott Central, six. The Warriors connect– ed on 28 of 61 (45.9 per– cent) field goals, three of 15 treys (20 percent) and 15 of 24 (62.5 percent) free throws. Tradarrius McPhear– son of Raymond poured in 20 points to lead East Mississippi.

0 Men finish season with mark of 13-12 Five East Central Community College War– riors scored in double fig– ures but their efforts fell short in an 81-74 loss to nationally-ranked East Mississippi Community College in first-round action of the Region 23 Tournament held at Mis– sissippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Clinton campus. East Central , which completed season play at 13-12 under fifth-year head coach Maurice Bowie, rallied from a 42- 34 halftime deficit to close within two points at 46-44 with 16:50 left but could get no closer and the sev- enth-ranked Lions held on to advance to Wednesday's semi-final round. "We really had to come out and play our butts off to get the lead down to two," said Bowie. "We just /J got worn down coming down the stretch."

Sophomore guards C Kenneth Barlow and Cur- ----– r-., tis Loving led EC with 14 points each. Barlow i s AL ---– S product of Scott Central High School and Loving--------- ~ hails from Wadleigh High -----

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