2012

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Playoff-bound East Central CC Lady Warriors, Warriors drop home fmale East Central Community

uct of Walter E. Stebbins High School in Dayton, Ohio. Also scoring were Xzandra Dowd of Neville High School in Monroe, and Kelcia Bufkin of Scott Central. J 3 each; Kurlysha Bell of Kosciusko, 12; Jaiannah Matthew of Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Ark.. seven; Ashlee Hardy of Newton, three; and Inessa Adams ofHom Lake and Jakela Johnson ofWest Jones, two each. Bell and Adams are also sophomores and were recog– nized by head coach Bill Smith and assistant Britta Stephens during a special ceremony held between games. The Co-Lin women enter the MACJC StateTournament as the South's top seed. The Lady

Warriors are currently tied for second in league play wtth Pearl River and Jones County. EC can take sole possession of second place with a win over the Lady Wildcats Thursday night in Poplarville. State tournament competition is scheduled Feb. 27 - March 1 at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. In the men·s battle, the Warriors held a 23-18 halftime advantage but the visiting Wolves outscored EC by a 43-34 margin in the second half to claim the four-point victory. Newton County High School product Hakeem Wesley of Hickory poured in 15 pomts to lead the Warriors, who dropped See WARRIOR, page 10A

College's basketball squads dropped a pair of four-point decisions to Copiah-Lincoln Community College Monday night at the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building in Decatur. The Lady Warriors were clipped 77-73 by the division– leading Lady Wolves and the Warriors fel161-57 to theCo-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 'vfACJC South Division. Orton, a 6' sophomore guard, is a prod-

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