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imperative for his squad to win its home games in the highly South Division of MACJC conference. "Our side is very tough," Thompson said. "You have to defend your home floor. It's that old formula: Win your home See EAST on page B2--

Paula Merritt / The Meridian Star East Central Community College's Demarkus Jones collides with a Copiah-Lincoln Community College defender and is called for the charge Thursday night in Decatur.

EAST from page B1 games and split on the road, and right now we're doing that. We just have to maintain what we're doing." For the Warriors, Kristian Clark scored 12 points and Isaiah Traylor chipped in with 11. For Co-Lin, Terry Morris notched a team– high 16 points. ECCC travels to Hinds Community Col– lege Tuesday. "We have to continue to crash the boards and play defense," Henry said. "We need to con– tinue to do the little bitty stuff. We took a lot of charges defensively (fhursday); we're going to make sure we take charges. LADY WOLFPACK TOP ECCC A 12-0 spurt midway through the first half by Copiah Lincoln Commu– nity College proved to be the difference as the LadyWolfpack recorded a pivotal 81-71 road win over East Central Com– munity College. After leading 11-10, - early in the first half, a flurry of baskets from Co-Lin (13-0, 4-0) put it on lop 22-11 and never looked back. "I'm going to take the b1ame for this game," East Central Community ;. College coach Crandal " Porter said. "(Co-Lin) is more mentally prepared to play iu a game of that magnitude than we were. I think we came into the

Paula Merritt/ The Meridian Star East Central Community College's Ramone Tate gets squeezed as he tries to split a pair of Copiah-Lincoln defenders in the lane Thursday night in Decatur.

game thinking it was just another game, when it wasn't. "They are a really good team, they're tough and well coached. They can shoot it, and they can drive it. They're unde– feated for a reason. We have to bring more fight into a game like this." East Central (10-2, 2-2) trailed at the half by six, and managed to trim the deficit to five on multiple occasions in the second half, but that's as close as it would come. For the game, Co-Lin out-rebounded ECCC by

10 and recorded 11 blocked shots to four. "Defending the paint is all about toughness," Porter said. "Rebounding is all about want-to. Get– ting in position to take charges, although I think we did a good of taking charges. But we have a lot more to give than what we left out on the floor." For Co-Lin, Claresa Ban.ks scored a team– high points 18, while Alexis Collins recorded 17 points, and Arnissayur Robinson had 13 points. Meanwhile, for the Lady

Warriors, Jalesia Jones registered a game-high 21 points and Shakerya Morrison had 15 points and 14 rebounds. East Central will travel to Hinds CC Tuesday for another South Division showdown. "I think if you go in our locker room, the message is clear," Porter said. "Co-Lin is the stan– dard of this league. We have to work harder to get there; we're not there yet. As a coach, I'm going to dig deeper and be ready to go, and I think our girls will respond."