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points to lead the Warriors, who dropped to 2-19 and 2-9. Thomas Straughter scored 11 points, Jontrae Conley had 10, and Jimmie Broomfield nine. Jay Case led Co-Lin (9-13, 4-7) with 22 points. Pearl River 80 EC women 68 The Lady Wa rriors were outscored 12-0 in overtime in losing Thurs– day's game at Poplar– ville. EO trailed 30-29 at ha lftime before forcing overtime with a 68-68 tie a t the end of regulation. The loss dropped EC to fourth in the MACJC South Division. Xzandra Dowd pump– ed in 23 points to lead EC as the Lady Warriors completed regular sea– son action at 8-14 overall and 7-5 in league play. EC also got 16 point from Kelcia Bufkin, 13 from Ja'Monica Orton, and six from Kurlysha Bell. Shana Echols had 19 points to lead Pearl River (15-7 and 8-4). EC men 73 Pearl River 68 Jimmie Broomfield tal- lied 21 points and Akeem Toppin added 15 to lead the Warriors to a stun– ning victory over playoff– bound Pearl River Thursday night in Poplarville. Also scoring for the

munity College Lady Warriors didn't exactly close out the from regular sea- combined son tbe way they wanted reports to last week. The Lady Warriors fell to MACJC South Division champion Copiab-Lin– coln (77-73) and Pearl River (80-68) to take an 8-14 overall record in to the MACJC State Tourn– ament this week at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. EO opened the state tournament against the host Lady Indians Tues– day night. The EO men wrapped up a 3-19 campaign with a 61-57loss to Co-Lin (61- 57) and a 73-68 win ove1· Pearl River. Co-Lin 77 EC women 73 The Lady Warriors fell behind 39-26 in the first half as they dropped thei1· home finale on February 19 in Decatur. Ja'Monica Orton pour– ed in 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the EO women, who dropped to 8-13 overall and 7-4 in the MACJC South Division. Xzandra Dowd and Kelcia Bufkin both scored 13 poin ts, Kurlysha Bell bad 12, and Jaiannah Matthew added seven. Keosha Bradley pump– ed in 31 points for Co-Lin (19-3 and 11-0). Co-Lin 61 EC men 57 The Warriors held a 23-18 halftime advan– tage, but the visiting Wolves outscored EC by a 43-34 margin in the sec– ond half to claim the four– point victory on February 19 at Decatur. Newton County High School product Hakeem

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