ECCC Warriors Upset Southwest in Home Basketball Action Feb. 2
February 2, 2017
Tonzell Handy drives for a basket en route to his career-high 33 points in the upset of Southwest. (EC Photo)
February 2, 2017
Tonzell Handy drives for a basket en route to his career-high 33 points in the upset of Southwest. (EC Photo)
January 27, 2017
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team fell 94-78 to No. 9 nationally ranked Jones County Junior College Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium in Decatur.
Jones jumped out to an early lead that they never surrendered throughout the game.
Jones led 51-36 at the half.
The Warriors closed their deficit in the second half, but could not fight back from the damage done early in the game.
January 24, 2017
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team defeated Pearl River Community College 83-56 in Poplarville Monday, Jan. 23.
The Warriors moved to 8-6 on the season and 3-2 in the MACJC South Division.
ECCC went on top in the first quarter and never relinquished the lead. East Central was up 46-29 at the half and led by as many as 31 in the second half.
January 20, 2017
East Central's Tonzell Handy fights through a Co-Lin defender for a basket in the Warriors' win. (EC Photo)
January 18, 2017
The East Central Community College Warriors lost a close back and forth battle against the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Bulldogs 79-77 in Perkinston Tuesday, Jan. 17.
The score was tied seven times and the lead changed hands nine times in the second half alone, but a lay-up with two seconds left in the game put Gulf Coast on top for the win.
ECCC led by one at the intermission.
January 11, 2017
Cayman Ruffin
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team kicked off the new year with an 82-80 win in a close matchup against East Mississippi Community College in non-division action in Scooba, Tuesday, Jan. 10.
The first half of the ballgame was a back and forth battle between the Warriors and Lions.
December 13, 2016
The East Central Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams both fell to Shelton State Community College Monday, Dec. 12, in Tuscaloosa.
The Lady Warriors had three players in double-digit scoring in a 111-62 loss to the No. 4 nationally ranked Lady Buccaneers. Freshman Autumn Taylor of Newton High School led ECCC scorers with 20 points and seven rebounds. Curtisha Coleman of Wayne County High School was not far behind with 18 points, and Shantavis Hughes of Hattiesburg High School added 13 points.
December 9, 2016
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team could not hold on to a steady lead in the fourth quarter and fell 75-64 against Northeast Mississippi Community College Thursday, Dec. 8, in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium in Decatur.
The game was high-intensity throughout the evening with the Warriors leading by eight at the intermission, before the Tigers pulled away for the win in the final minutes of the contest.
December 7, 2016
The East Central Community College Warriors fell 76-62 in their South Division basketball opener in Summit Monday, Dec. 5, against the defending MACJC State Champion Southwest Mississippi Community College Bears.
With the loss, the Warriors moved to 4-3 on the season and 0-1 in the South Division. Southwest improved to 6-2 overall and 1-0 in the division. It was the fifth straight win for Southwest.
November 30, 2016
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team defeated Wallace Community College-Selma out of Alabama 87-71 in the EC Classic held in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium in Decatur Nov. 22.
The Warriors led the Patriots 35-28 at the intermission, and held on to the lead for the win.