2015

ECCC squads prepare for tourney tral Community College basketball squads haye lilied to compete m the ~J~M Region 23 Tourna– ent next Wednesday . . furougb Saturday ~t M1ss1s– sippi College in Clinton. The East Central me~ . quailed for the single elimi– nation event as the No. 7 d and begin first-round !~~on by taking on No: 2 seed Jones County Juruor Collne at 2 n.m From school reports DECATUR- East Cen–

ECCC from page Bl the Mississippi No. 3 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

Meridian Community College 79-77 in the semi– finals of the MAC.TC State Tourney. Itawamba (20-4) was defeated by Meridian 76- 74 in the opening round of the state tournament. Other matchups in 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 Jones at 8 p.m. The East Central/ Itawamba winner plays the Co-Lin/Holmes winner at 6 p.m. on Friday. The winner of the Meridian/Northwest match-up will face the Baton Rouge/Jones winner at 8 p.m. The championship game is set for 6 p.m. Sat– urday, March 7.

head coach Crandal Porter after falling to

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