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ECwomen add two more wins Tbe Lady Warriors of

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Hakeem Wesley, a 5- foot-11 freshman guard from Newton County High School, poured in 15 points to lead the Warriors, who dropped to· 1-16 overall · and 1-7 in league play. EC also got 13 points from LaVadius Lyles. EC trailed 37-32 at halftime. Courtney Mack led Jones, 9-10 and 3-5, with 22 points. ECwomen 84 Northwest 70 Sophomore guard Ja'Monica Orton poured in 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Lady Warriors to an easy 14- point victory over North– west Mississippi Thursday night in a non-division matchup in Decatur. EC improved to 6-12 overall with the win. Xzandra Dowd and Jakela Johnson both scored 14, Jaiannah Matthew bad 11, Kelcia Bufkin had eight, Kurlysha Bell tossed in seven, and Inessa Adams of Horn Lake, six. Dowd was the top rebounder with 15. EricaTurner tallied 19 points to lead Northwest, 8-10. EC held a 40-26 advan- tage at halftime. Northwest 72 ECmen 62 The visiting Rangers pulled away late from a tight contest to claim a 10-point decision. Freshman Hakeem Wesley of Newton County pumped in 16 points to lead the Warriors, who dropped to 1-17. Also scor– ing were LaVadius Lyles and Bobby Wrench with eight each, and Glenr. Thomas with six. Jordan Husley bad 13 points to lead Northwest, • 9-9. The score was tied 32- 32 at the break.

East Central Community College picked up two more wins from on the hard- combined wood last reports week to improve to 6-12. The struggling War– riors lost both of their games to fall to 1-17. This week, the EC teams were scheduled to host Southwest Mississ– ippi on Monday and Hinds on Thursday. EC wraps up the regu– lar season with games at home with Copiah– Lincoln on February 20 and at Pearl River on February 23. ECwomen 76 Jones 72 Free throws by Jainannah Matthew and Kelcia Bufkin in the game's final moments provided the Lady Warriors with the win– ning margin on February 6 at Decatur. With the win, EC's women improved to 5-3 in the MACJC South Divis– ion and 5-12 overall. Jones, also 5-3 in league play, is 11-7 overall. Matthew and Bufkin

ECCC's men's soccer tryouts set for Feb. 24 Tryouts for the 2012 Building.

Thompson said pro– spective team members will need to provide their own equipment to partic– ipate in tryouts. For more information, contact coach Kenneth Thompson at 601-635- 6370 or e-mail kthomp– son@eccc.edu.

East Central Community College men's soccer team will be held Friday, Feb. 24, on the Decatur campus, announced ECCC soccer coach Kenneth Thompson. Activities begin with a 2 p.m. registration sched– ule d at the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education

were among five Lady Warriors who scored in double figures. Xzandra Dowd led EC with 18 points. Matthew had 17 followed by Ja'Monica Orton with 12, Bufkin with 11, and Kurlysha Bell with 10. Jakela John- APPEAR son scored eight points. Alecia Autman led Jones with 19 points. CARTHJ EC held a 36-34 advan- NEWTOI tage at halftime. Jones 92 ECmen 62 SPIRIT C The Bobcats out- scored the Warriors 55- MERIDI~ 30 in the second half to

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turn the February 6 league game at Decatur into a rout.