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ECCC Lady Warriors Wm 2016 MACJC State Basketball Championship http://www.wtok.com/sports/headlines/ECCC-Lady-Warriors-Win-20...

ECCC Lady Warriors Win 2016 MACJC State Basketball Championship

By: ECCC Media Relations

Posted: Thu 8:34 PM, Feb 25, 2016

--The East Central Community College Lady Warrior basketball team won its first Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges State Championship in a dozen years Thursday night, Feb. 25, with a 75-63 win over the Itawamba Community College Lady Indians at the Davis Event Center on the Itawamba campus in Fulton. It was East Central's first women's basketball state championship since the 2003-04 season and sixth overall in program history. "God deserves all the credit," said ECCC Head Coach Crandal Porter. "This is a great sophomore group and such a close knit group. This league is very tough, but every challenge that you put up against this team, they are always up for the challenge. South Division Champs and now State Champs. I wouldn't bet against for the region.· Next up for the East Central Lady Warriors is the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 Tournament, which begins Tuesday, March 1, at Mississippi College in Clinton. Seeding and brackets will be announced Friday, Feb. 26. Following a 95-84 loss at Jones County Junior College back on Dec. 7, 2015, the Lady Warriors reeled off 19 straight wins, including 16 in the regular season and three in the MACJC State Tournament, en route to the state title. East Central and Itawamba entered the championship game as the top two seeds in the tournament. East Central was the No. 1 seed from the South Division and Itawamba was the No. 1 seed from the North Division.

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