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SCOTT COUNTY TIMES Wednesday,
J~ary
19, 1983
East Central Wins
Two Close Con·tests
East Central Junior
College basketball
teams were back in
action after the hol1days
with a home game on
January 4 on the War–
rior campus when they
hosted East Mississippi.
Both teams pulled out a
win In two close games.
The Warrlorettes
defeated the Lady Lions
101-99. The Lady Lions'
Sharon Scott hit a pair of
free throws with 44
seconds left in regula–
tion time to tie the score
at 79-79. Both teams
swapped points in the
first overtime to tie the
score again.
In the second over–
time, East Central built
a five point lead at one
time but EMJC fought
back to within two.
Mattie Burnside was
high scorer for the War–
riorettes with 35 while
Pam Colema n had 24
and Stephanie Town–
send had 10.
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points foliowed by Paula
Rogers with 10 and Pam
Coleman with 10. Jo
Beth Roberts led South·
west with
17.
On January 8 when the
team traveled to Holmes,
they were defeated
87-
60. In this game, Mattie
Burnside made
23
big
points followed by
Dorothy Jackson with
10. After the first week of
play for the second
semester, the Warri–
orettes are 8-8 for the
season.
After defeating South–
west and losing to
Holmes, the Warriors
are 9-5 for the season.
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Scott led tbe. Lady
Lions with 30 points.
Commenting about the
game, East Central's
Coach Lucille Wood
said, "We're just glad to
win the first game after
the break.
It
will cer–
tainly give us a boost."
The Warriors defeated
the Lions 72-69. East
Central's only lead in the
first half came when
Donald Clayton made
a
basket with
44
seconds
left in the half. Twice
during the second half of
play, East Central
scored six points
straight but the Lions
came back to pull within
three. High scorer for
the Warriors was Joe
Kennamer with
20
points. Robert Gilliland
scored 16 while Eddie
Griffin and Leon Jack–
son each made 10. Larry
Anderson was high
scorer for EMJC with 22
points. Coach Rives said
his team was pretty bad
out of shape but made
some big shots.
On January 6 the East
Central teams again
played on their home
court hosting Southwest.
Both teams came out on
top. The Warrtorettes
decisively defeated
Southwest girls 82-64.
Mattie Burnside was
high scorer with
20
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