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EC women top Pearl River Jaianah Matthew 16-2 and 7-1.

we're Reneisha Evans of Newton County, five; 'l'ynesia Mickens of Nox– ubee County, three; and Niya Hughes of Forest, two. Kalisha Washington pumped in 27 points to l e{ld the Lady Wildcats who dropped to 5-10 and 3-5. EC held a 33-22 advantage at halftime. The Warriors were not as fortunate and fell 75- 58. Bobby Wrench, a 6-5 sophomore forward from Columbus , tallied 24 points to lead East Cen– tral, which dropped to 1- 17 and 1-6 under seven– year head coach Maurice Bowie. Also scorers were Aquill Baynard of Elsik High School in Houston~ Tex. , 11; Randy Collier of South Leake, eight; Chris Rhoney of West Laud- erdale, seven; and Walter Evans of Hattiesburg and T.J. Leatherwood of Northridge (Ala .) High School, four each. Xavian Rimmer poured ~ in 19 points to lead the :. Wildcats who improved to ,• ... •

poured in 16 points and Xzandra Dowd and Taylor Brister contributed 15 points each in leading the East Centra] Community College women's basket– ball team to a 71-66 victo– ry over division opponent Pearl River Community College Monday night on th e Poplarville campus. With the win, the Lady Warriors improved to 6-12 overall and 3-4 in the MACJC South Division under first-year head coach Crandal Porter. Matthew, a 5'8" sopho– more guard from Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Ark. , had two · treys and four assists in helping lead EC to a sec– ond-straight division win. Dowd, a 5-8 sophomore guard from Neville High School in Monroe, La., led in rebounds with 13 and was also credited with four assists and two · steals. Brister, a 5-2 freshman guard from Lawrence County High School, had three treys, seven assists and three steals. Other point makers

EC trailed 29-21 at the

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ECCC squads return to Brackeen-Wood Thurs- day, Feb. 7 for division battles with Hinds Com– munity College. Women's action begins at 6 p.m. fol– lowed by the men's con– test at 8 p.m.

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