2012

9A The Carthaginian, Carthage; Miss., February 23, 2012 ECCC falls • East Central Commu–

home finale EC can take sole pos–

Xzandra Dowd of Neville High School in Monroe, and Kelcia Bufkin of Scott Central, 13 each; Kurlysha Bell of Kosciusko, 12; Jaiannah Matthew of Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Ark., seven; Ashlee Hardy of Newton, three; and Inessa Adams of Horn Lake and J akela Johnson of West Jones, two each. EC trailed 39-26 at the break. The Co-Lin women enter the MACJC State Tournament as the South's top see d . The Lady Warriors are cur– rently tied for second in league pl ay with Pearl River and Jones County.

J acks on Callaway, 11; J ontrae Conley of Meridi– an, 10; Jimmie Broom– fie ld of Scott Cen tral , nine; Keivondre Watford of Tu scal oosa Central, five; LaVadi us Lyles of Forest, thr ee; and TJ Leat herwood of North– ridge (Ala.) High School and Akeem Toppin of Columbus, two each. EC's men battle the Pearl River Wil dcats Thursday in the season finale on t he Poplarville campus. Game time is 7 p.m. The Lady Warrior/Lady Wildcat matchup is set for 5 p.m. Brackets for t h e MACJ C State Tourna– ment will be released Fri– day, Feb. 24.

nity College's basketball squads dropped a pair of four- point decisions to Copiah-Lincoln Commu– nity College Monday night in Decatur. The Lady Wa rriors were clipped 77-73 by the division-leading Lady Wolves and the Warriors fell 61-57 to the Co-Lin men at the season's home finale recognized as "Sophomore Appreciation Night." Ja'Monica Orton poured in 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the playoff-bound EC women, who dropped to 8- 13 overall and 7-4 in the MACJC South Division. Also scoring were

session of second pla ce with a win over the Lady Wildcats Thursday night in Poplarville. State tour– nament competition is scheduled Feb. 27-March 1 at ltawamba Communi– ty College in Fulton. In the men's battl e , the Warriors held a 23-18 halftime advantage but the visiting Wol ves outscored EC by a 43-34 margin in the second half to claim the victory. Newt on County High School product Hakeem Wesley of Hickory poured in 15 poin ts to lead the Warriors, who dropped to 2-19 and 2-9. Also scoring were Thomas Straught er of

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