The East Mississippi Community College baseball team will get its first taste of conference competition to begin a busy week of action on the diamond. The Lions are slated to face MACCC foes Jones (3 p.m.) and host Hinds (6 p.m.) during Tuesday’s (Feb. 17) non-conference, round-robin event in Raymond before playing host to Tennessee-based Dyersburg State during back-to-back doubleheaders Friday and Saturday (Feb. 20-21) on the Scooba campus. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday at EMCC’s Gerald Poole Field.