Lady Lions even up record with 64-46 road win over Holmes

GOODMAN — The EMCC Lady Lions evened up their overall season record with a commanding 64-46 road win over Holmes during Thursday's MACCC women's basketball action played at Frank Branch Coliseum.

The visiting EMCC women never trailed during the contest. Shakira Wilson's three-pointer closed out the first-quarter scoring with EMCC on top, 19-9.

On her way to 14 first-half points, Wilson opened the second quarter with her third trey and finished off the first-half scoring with a full-court drive to the rim to enable EMCC to double up the Lady Bulldogs, 32-16, by the halftime break.

The Lady Lions maintained their comfortable double-digit lead throughout the second half, though Holmes managed to trim the deficit to 14 points a couple of times during the third quarter on baskets by Sha'Toria Vigne.

EMCC's margin grew to as many as 22 points (58-36) on Jada Odneal's fourth-quarter triple en route to the visitors settling for the 18-point road victory to improve to 6-6 overall and 3-1 in MACCC play.

Coach Sharon Thompson's EMCC Lady Lions were led by Wilson's 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. Kyunna Thomas registered her seventh double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Siarra Jackson approached a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds for the winners.

The Holmes Lady Bulldogs fell to 1-13 overall and 0-5 within the conference. Vigne topped all game scorers with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the floor.

East Mississippi's basketball teams are scheduled to take on the nationally ranked Jones College teams on Tuesday (Jan. 18). EMCC's Lady Lions will play host to the 11^th-ranked Jones women in Scooba, while head coach Billy Begley's No. 13 EMCC Lions will travel to Ellisville to meet the 14^th-ranked JC Bobcats in men's action. Both contests are slated to tip off at 6 p.m.