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Meridian
Takes Two
From ECJC
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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
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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 <Clayton) and
~ynette
<Williams> did a good
~~~~tmaking
them turn the ball
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-· ,-;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
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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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