Lady Lions get back in win column with decisive 87-47 home triumph over Hinds

SCOOBA - EMCC's Lady Lions got back in the win column with a commanding 87-47 home victory over Hinds during Monday's MACCC women's basketball play contested at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.

The home-standing EMCC women broke open an early 9-6 contest by scoring 14 unanswered points to take a 23-6 lead on Siarra Jackson's three-point play with four minutes remaining in the first quarter. On her way to scoring 14 first-half points, Jackson later put back her own miss to give the Lady Lions a 20-point (38-18) advantage midway through the second quarter.

EMCC continued to build on its 44-22 halftime advantage throughout the second half. Markiema Lancaster's pair of free throws stretched the margin to 31 points (60-29) with three minutes left in the third quarter. The Lady Lions then matched their 27-point opening quarter by outscoring the Lady Bulldogs, 27-13, during the final period en route to the decisive 40-point triumph.

In snapping a three-game losing skid, head coach Sharon Thompson's EMCC Lady Lions improved to 9-10 overall and 6-5 in MACCC play. Jackson, from Ripley, registered her second straight double-double by tying her career high with 19 points and adding 11 rebounds. Shakira Wilson followed with 15 points on 3-of-4 three-point shooting, while Lancaster (12 pts & 9 rebs) and Kyunna Thomas (11 pts & 8 rebs) both approached double-doubles for the winners.

The winless Hinds Lady Bulldogs (0-16, 0-11 MACCC) were led by Patrice Broomfield's 12 points.

The East Mississippi basketball teams will continue MACCC play by taking on the Indians of Itawamba Community College during Thursday's (Feb. 10) conference hoops action. The EMCC-ICC men's contest will tip off at 6 p.m. at Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus, while the women's game will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Davis Event Center in Fulton.