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Special to the American

2:47 p.m. CST January 22, 2016

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POPLARVILLE - The Pearl__l3!ver Cor_i:l_rnunity__ ~~llege found the road dif basketball teams went down to defeat at the hands of East Central in a ~ Decatur.

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The Lady ~i~d~!~ fell behind 30-10 after the first quarter and never recc men faded down the stretch in an 80-72 defeat.

The Wildcats (10-5 overall, 4-2 division) were done in by a hot-shooting ' shots (60 percent) from the field in the second half. PRCC did its best to

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percent) in the second 20 minutes, but it wasn't enough.

Pearl River led 29-28 at halftime, and the game was tied 47-47 midway through the second half, but the Warriors s stretch and held off the Wildcats' comeback attempt.

William Brown had 17 points - 14 in the second half - to pace Pearl River. Darryln Willis and Dontellius Ross each Henry scored 23 points, all of them in the second half, to lead East Central (9-6, 4-2).

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PRCC's women never led against the Lady Warriors, who pulled into a three-way tie for first place in the division.

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Shaniqua Magee was the bright spot for the Lady Wildcats, with 15 points and 6 rebounds, and Jada Ivy added 7 ~ 2-4). Alexia McDonald had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead East Central (13-2, 5-1).

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PRCC will complete its first swing through the South Division on Monday with a pair of games at ~erid[~~. then ret Southwest.

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