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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
19,
~WarriOrS, Warriorettes
defeat East Mississippi
By JUNE
VAUGHN
East Central Junior Col–
lege basketball teams were
back in action after the
holidays with a home game
on the Warrior campus Jan–
uary 4th when they hosted
East Mississippi. Both teams
pulled out a \\in in two close
games. The Warriorettes de·
feated the Lady Lions 101-99.
The Lady Lions' Sharon Scott
hit a pa1r of free throws with
44
seconds left in regulation
time to tie the score at
79-79.
Both teams swapped points
in the first overtime to tie the
score again. In the second
overtime, East Central built
a five pomt lead at one time
but EMJC fought back to
within two. Mattie Burnside
was high scorer for the
Warriorettes w1th
35
while
Pam
~olcman
had
24
and
Stephanie Townsend had 10.
Scott led the Lady L1ons with
30 points.
Commenting
about the game, East Cen–
tral's
Coach Lucille Wood
said, "We're just glad to win
the first game after the
break. h will certainly 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
~econds
left in the half
fwice during the second half
of play
1
East Central srored
o;ix pomt:. straight but the
Lions came back to pull
within three. High scorer for
the Wamors was Joe Ken-
namer with 20 points. Robert
Gilliland scored 16 while
Eddie Griffin and Leon Jack–
son each made 10.
laiT)
Anderson was high scorer for
EMJ C with 22 points. Coach
Rives said his team was
pretty bad out of shape but
made some bid shots.
On. Jan. 6 the East Central
teams again played on their
home court hosting South–
west. Both teams came out
on top. The Warriorettes
decisively defeated South–
west girls 82·64. Mattie
Burnside was high scorer
with 20 points foUowed by
Paula Rogers with 10 and
Pam Coleman with 10. Jo
Beth Roberts Jed Southwest
with 17. On
Jan.
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
Warriorettes are
8-8
for the
season.
After defeating Southwest
and losing to Holmes, the
Warriors are 9-5 for the
season.
The three games played on
tJleir home court should giVe
both teams a boost for the
rest of the tough January
schedule. Other home games
will be with Hinds on Jan. 20
and with Co-Lin on J an. 31.
The women'!>
games are
played at 6:30 with the men's
games to follow.
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