Lady Lions drop 71-49 home decision to No. 10 Jones

SCOOBA - The home-standing EMCC Lady Lions dropped a 71-49 decision to 10th-ranked Jones College during Tuesday's MACCC women's basketball action contested at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.

The Lady Bobcats scored the game's first eight points on the way to jumping out to a 23-7 lead after the opening quarter of play.

After the visitors lengthened their lead to 22 points (35-13) midway through the second quarter, EMCC cut the deficit to 13 points (36-23) late in the half after scoring eight unanswered points. Jones scored the final basket of the half to take a 38-23 halftime lead to the locker room.

The Lady Bobcats maintained their double-digit advantage for the remainder of the contest, owning a 55-34 lead after the third quarter on the way to the 22-point road triumph.

Head coach Sharon Thompson's EMCC Lady Lions, now 6-7 overall and 3-2 in the MACCC, were led by Siarra Jackson with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. Markiema Lancaster came off the EMCC bench to record her first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Improving to 10-2 overall and 5-0 within the MACCC, the Jones women were powered by Sakyia White's game-high 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field. She also contributed nine rebounds and three blocks. Meloney Thames and Jordan Clark followed with 16 and 11 points, respectively, for the winners on a combined 7-of-10 accuracy from three-point range.

The East Mississippi basketball teams are scheduled to continue MACCC play Thursday evening (Jan. 20) against Mississippi Delta, with the No. 9 EMCC Lions playing host to the Trojans in Scooba and the Lady Lions traveling to Moorhead in women's action. Both contests are slated to tip off at 6 p.m.