2012

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Hinds 80 Four Lady Warriors scored in double figures lo lead EC to an easy 20- point win Thursday in Decatur. With the win, EC qual– ified for the MACJC State Tournament, scheduled Feb. 27- March 1. The top women's squad in the North Division is the designated host for the 2012 event. The Itawamba Commun– ity College womeri are the top seed in the North with a perfect 10-0 mark. The Lady Indians are 19- 2 overall. The Lady Warriors, after starting the season at 0-11, are now 8-12 overall and 7-3 in league play under seventh-year head coach Bill Smith. Co-Lin leads the South at 10-0. EC and Pearl River are tied at 7-3 fol– lowed by Jones County (6-4), Gulf Coast (5-6), Hinds (1-11) and South– west (0-10). Ja'Monica Orton was the top scorer in EC's blowout with 27 points. Sb.e also led in rebounds with 11. Also scoring in double figures were Jaiannah Matthew with 22, Xzandra Dowd with 21, and Kelcia Bufkin with 10. Reneisha Evans of Newton County scored seven, and Jakela John– son had six. Kenya Wright tallied 18 points to lead Hinds, 3-18 and 2-9. EC held a command– ing 49-20 advantage at the break. EC men 86 ~ds 83 The Warriors came away with a double-over– time win as Jimmie Broomfield pumped in 18 points to lead EC, 2-18 and 2-8.

Community College Lady Warriors u 'ed "·in. 0\er Sou thwe l from Mississ~ppi combined and Hmds reports last week to wrap up a bPrth in the upcoming M.'\!JJC State Tournament. The Lady Warriors improved to 8-12 after los– ing their first 11 games. 'l'heWarriors went l -1 last week and brought. a 2-18 mark into this week. Regular season com– petition ends Thursday at Pearl River Commun– ity College. EC women 71 Southwest 66 The Lady Warriors moved to within a win of clinching a berth in the MACJC State Tournament with the five-point win at Decatur on February 13. EC improved to 7-12 overall, but more impor– tantly 6-3 in the South Division. Kelcia Bufkin was EC's top scorer with 31 points. She was 7-of-12 from beyond the 3-point arc. Ja'Monica Orton add– ed 12 points, Ashlee Hardy of Newton scored nine, and Jaiannah Matthew and Kurlysha Bell both bad six. Shanicce Sheffield and Sbanekqua Bibbs pump– ed in 23 and 22 points, respectively, to lead Southwest, 3-17 and 0-9. The score was tied at CAR The Warriors' long season continued with NEV\ the 20-point loss at Decatur on February 13. SPIR Southwest Jed 50-35 at balfiimc. MER Jimmie Broomfield tal- APP 32 at halftime. Southwest 96 76 EC men

Also scoring were LaVadius Lyle with 11, Hakeem Wesley of Newton County with eight, and Thomas Straughter and Newton's Cordarion Nichols with seven each. Mark Bt·idgewater and Cory Lacy bad 19 points each to lead Southwest, 9-11 and 4-5.

Also scoring were Hakeem We ley of New– ton County with 17, Thomas Straughter with 11, Steven Fuller and Akeem Toppin with nine each, and Keivondrc Watford with seven. EC trailed 39-36 at halftime. The scor e was deadlocked at 66-66 at the end of r egulation.

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

East Central Communitv College men' s soece~ team \\ill be held Fridav Feb. 24, on the Decatu; campus, announced ECCC soccer coach Kenneth Thompson. Activities begin \\;th a 2 p.m. registration sched– uled at the Brackeen– Wood Physical Education

Thompson said pro– spective team members \\ill 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 h'ihomp– son@eccc.edu.

NESHOBA DEMOCRAT ------ SCOTT COUNTY TIMES --- --- WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL --- CLARION-LEDGER------

lied 14 points to lc~:~.d the Warriors, who feU to 1-18 and 1-8.