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The Carthaginu EC hoops-ters take on Reg. East Central Commu– tournament.

lege at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 4. The Warriors hold a 13-12 overall mark under second-year head coach Robert Thompson. They were defeated 62- 59 by Holmes Community College in first-round action of the MACJC State Tournament. The Bobcats are 18-4 after falling to Northeast Mississippi Community College 67-62 in first– round action of the state

ner will face the East Mis– sissippi/Southem-Shreve– port winner at 2 p.m. The championship game will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. The Lady Warriors are the Mississippi number three seed and begin first– round action by taking on five seed Itawamba Com– munity College at Noon Thursday, March 5. The East Central women hold a 20-5 record under third-year head

nity College basketball squads have qualified to compete in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament scheduled March 4-7, 2015, at Mississippi Col– lege m Clinton. The East Central men quailed for the single elimination event as the number se\·en seed and were scheduled to begin first-round action by tak– ing on number two seed Jone$ County Junior Col-

Other scheduled first round games on Wednes– day were Northeast Mis– sissippi vs. Holmes at noon , Pearl River vs. Baton Rouge at 6 p.m. and East Mississippi vs. Southern-Shreveport (Louisiana) at 8 p.m. The East Central/Jones winner plays the Holmes/North– east winner at noon on Friday, while the Pearl River/Baton Rouge win-

23 tourney coach Crandal Porter after falling to Meridian Community College 79-77 in. the semi-finals of the MACJC State Tourney. Jones at 8 p.m. The East Central/Itawamba winner plays the Co-Lin/Holmes winner at 6 p.m. on Fri– day.

Itawamba (20-4 ) was defeated by Meridian 76- 74 in the opening round of the state tournament. Other matchups in

The winner of the Meridian / Nor thwest match-up will face the Baton Rouge/Jones win– ner at 8 p.m. The champi– onship game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

first-round women's action Thursday include Co-Lin and Holmes at 2 p.m., Meridian and Northwest at 6 p.m. and . __ Baton Rouge (La.) and

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