2015

East Central Community College's Jalesia Jones goes for a loose ball against Pearl River Community College Monday nignt in uecatur. Inset below, East Central Community College's Shakerya Morrison gets fouled by a Pearl River Community College defender as she goes in for a shot Monday night in Decatur. By Reed Desalvo rde a vo

and had a good shooting day. I just feel we played as well as we could play in the first half." Jones finished with a game-high 24 points, while Johnta' Hughes poured in 14 points, including four 3-point field goals. "I don't like when people talk to me on the floor," Jones said. "I just want to play. When they began to talk to me, the wheels start turning, and it made me just want to go harder. "I d()n't talk back." Instead, Jones let her pl,}' do the talking for her as she pulled down 13 rebounds, including five on the offensive end, in addition to two 3-point makes. The forward is one five sophomores that were honored for their achievements at ECC. Jones, alongside Tynika Bender, Breona Foster, Shakerya Morrison and Tashi-Ana Thompson played their last home game in an ECCC uniform. "I tried something new this year," Porter said. "I wrote them a letter and told them what they meant. I tried to go in there (the locker room) and tell them, but I couldn't make it through it. I get See W1N on page B2

DECATUR - East Central Commu– nity College seemed to be in complete control leading 60-34 with 13:23 remaining. But Pearl River Community College wouldn't go away quietly. The LadyWild– cats went on a 17-2 spurt over the next six minutes to pull to 11 However, ECCC's sophomore sensa– tion Jalesia Jones scored the next four points, including a 3-pointer from the top of the key, to help the Lady Warriors pull away and preserve an 80-69 win on sopho– more night. "I had to go all out for my team," Jones said. "I'm a leader on the floor and off the floor, so I had to carry out my duties (Monday)." The Lady Warriors dominated the action early on. ECCC (19-3, 10-3) pulled down 31 first half rebounds, including 17 offensively, and forced PRCC into 17 turnovers, and led at the half 44-27. "Execution at the highest level, and we played as hard as we could possibly play,"

East Central Community College coach Crandal Porter said. "We took good shots,

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