ECCC fells Jones JC women
By By Marty Stamper / EMG sports assistant
Feb. 17, 2004
DECATUR The East Central Community College Lady Warriors and the Jones Junior College Bobcats showed why they're sitting atop their respective standings Monday night.
In the opener, the Lady Warriors extended their win streak to 15 with an 80-54 spanking of the Jones women.
The Jones men avenged an earlier homecourt loss to ECCC with interest as they flogged the Warriors 95-64.
ECCC (women) 80
Jones 54
ECCC took a 38-29 lead into halftime and didn't waste any time delivering the knockout blow when play resumed. The Lady Warriors scored the first four points of the second half and maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the night.
A three-point play by Rita Birden and a pair of free throws from Ebone'e Leverette gave ECCC a 21-point lead with 14:36 left.
The Lady Warriors took their biggest lead of the game at 78-51 on a free throw from Monique Overstreet with 28 seconds remaining.
ECCC (22-2 overall, 12-1 South Division) had all 13 of its players put points on the board. Birden had 13, Lenore Gray 10, Kristin Chaney nine, and Leverette, Britney Burks, and Kim Cox each had eight.
Despite his team's 14-0 record since Christmas and a No. 15 national ranking, Hodge sees room for improvement.
Jones (12-10, 7-6) got 15 points from Natalie Jordan and 14 from Brittany Baham. Brittany Martin had seven points with Shalanda Carter getting 10 rebounds.
Jones (men) 95
ECCC 64
The Bobcats entered the contest with a one-game lead over Pearl River and made sure Thursday's game with the Wildcats at Ellisville will be for all the marbles with the 31-point rout.
Jones (19-4, 10-3) led 40-29 at halftime behind nine points from Tim Broomfield and eight from Gary Edwards.
Jones then shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the second half to prevent any comeback bid by the Warriors. For the game, Jones made 39-of-70 field goal attempts.
ECCC shot 26 treys, but made only four.
The Bobcats extended their lead to 51-30 in the first three minutes of the second half and led by as many as 35 points.
Jones had five players score in double figures. Milton Collins had 19 points, Broomfield had 16, Marvin McDonald 14, Shedrick Kirk 12, and John Gray 10. Edwards and Marcus Evans both had eight.
ECCC (10-13, 5-8) got 27 points from Dewayne Hughes and eight from Neil Tadlock.
