Four East Mississippi Community College student-athletes have been selected to the 2023-24 All-MACCC basketball teams, as voted on by the league’s head basketball coaches. The men’s and women’s all-conference basketball teams were announced Tuesday by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
The home-standing EMCC Lady Lions battled to the final buzzer before falling, 68-61, to East Central during Thursday’s conference hoops action played at Keyes. T. Currie Coliseum. In the men's contest, the Lions continued their top-four positioning within the MACCC basketball standings by hanging on for an 85-81 win over the visiting Warriors.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College closed out their regular-season road baseball schedule by earning a doubleheader split with 15th-ranked Northwest Mississippi during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at Jim Miles Field. After claiming the 9-6 opener with a five-run ninth inning, the Lions dropped a hard-fought 6-5 decision to the Rangers in the nightcap.
East Mississippi Community College’s softball team is scheduled to close out the regular season on the road with upcoming conference visits to Copiah-Lincoln, Coahoma and East Central.
East Mississippi Community College had four team ropers earn top-four individual finishes during last week’s 56th Annual UT Martin Rodeo held at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The three-day event concluded this past Saturday at the Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College couldn’t quite secure a road doubleheader sweep over home-standing Southwest Mississippi during Saturday’s MACCC baseball action. On the heels of claiming a 9-2 victory over the Bears in the opener, EMCC had to settle for a twin-bill split after letting a 3-0 lead slip away in the nightcap by allowing five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.