2012

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EC takes two wins at Hinds

East Central Commun- Lyles and Newton's ity Collego swept Hinds Cordarion Nkbols both before losing a pair of · had 12; Bobby Wrench games to · from

added 1 t, HakeemWesley of Newton County had 10. and Keivondre Watford scored eight. Trevis Thomas scor·f.'d 25 points to lead Hinds. which fell to 4-10 and 3-2. Co-Lin 61 ECwomen 58 EC j umped out to an early 24-14 lead, but the Lady Wolves rallied and took advantage of EC miscues to claim a 61-58 win Thursday at Wesson. The LadyWarriors led 26-25 at halftime and enjoyed their final lead at 56-55 with 2:16 left. Ja'Monica Orton led EC, 2-12 and 2-3, with 16 points and nine rebounds. Kelcia Bufkin had 11 points, .Jaiannah Matthew had 10. and Inessa Adams added nine. Kcosha Bradley bad 15 points for Co-Lin. 12-3 and 5-0. Co-Lin 90 EC men 59 EC fell to 1-13 overall and 1-4 in division play with 'I'hursday's blowout loss at Wesson. Hakeem Wesley of Newton County scored 17, Jontrae Conley had 11, and LaVadius Lyles had eight for EC. Jay Case and Mike Buffalo had 16 points each to lead Co-Lin, 6-9 and 1-4.

C o P i a b - combined Lincoln in reports last week's basketball action. The Lady Warriors brought a 2-12 record into this week, while the Warriors were 1-13. EC women 77 Etlnds 70 Xzandra Dowd pump- ed in 22 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the Lady Warriors, who improved to 2-11 over– all and 2-2 in division play. The Lady Warriors trailed 36-35 at halftime. Other scorers includ– ed Kelcia Bufkin with 19, Kurlysha Bell with 11, Ja'Monica Orton with 10, and Asblee Hardy of Newton with six. Raven Hubbard tallied 18 points to lead Hinds, which fell to 2-12 and 0-5. EC men 91 fUnds 86 The Warriors cr acked the win column for the first time this season fol– lowing the double over – time victory at Utica on January 23. Glenn Thomas poured in 14 points to lead the Warrior s as they improved to 1-12 overall and 1-3 in league play. Jimmie Broomfield scored 13points, LaVadius

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