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Meridian Takes Two From ECJC C ~ECA!UR- Meridinn Junior 0 ege ~ Lady Eagles survived the loss of their top scorer and ~bound~r }n the first half here turda~ rught to edge host East Central Junior College 73-68. Sop.homore center Marilyn D_avts of MJC and Jo ~tchelberger ~f East Centrii v;ere ~J~l~ wtth se\en minutes re~ammg m the first half. but neither player was Y.histled for a foul. "I ~.dn'l think it was that rough, satd Merid1an head coach Barbara Satcher . ' ' I thought we played with a lot of class to come back, especially "":lthout .Marilyn. Some of the g1rls off the bench did a good ~ob J enelhe Miller did a good JOb and Dian did a good ~~~~tmaking them turn the ball

-· ,-;We were leading by 12 with nine minutes to go and they put on a fullcourt man to man press," said ECJC head coach Lucille Wood. "We couldn't han· dle it. We had to foul a lot and they made their free throws. Meridian did a good job and they hit their free throws when they had to. I'm real pleased. we're just real a r eal young tea!U·" . For wood's LadY Wat nors. '' was the fifth straight game they have led late in a game and lost. Meridian led by five points when oav1s and Eichelberger were eJected Davis had slX 12 points and six. rebo~nds while Eichelberger bve pomts. Meridian trailed most of the game, but took a 34-33 halftime lead. The Lady Eagles went up 36-33, but that was their last lead -

whose team fell to 1-§. ••we made a lot of mistakes late. They played with a lot of en– thusiasm in the second half.'· Meridian lost the ball out of bounds with three seconds left in regulation play and a last– second shot from the corner missed.

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