2024-25 EMCC Men's Basketball News
East Mississippi Community College freshmen basketball standouts Jermaurhiyun Anderson and DeAndre Lewis have earned All-MACCC honorable mention recognition, while fellow EMCC frosh Dukiaha Jones has been named to this year’s All-MACCC Women’s Basketball Second Team. As voted on by the conference’s head coaches, the 2024-25 All-MACCC men’s and women’s basketball teams were announced Tuesday by the Jackson-based Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
In their final road action of the regular season, the Lions of East Mississippi Community College let an eight-point halftime lead slip away en route to absorbing a 63-56 setback to Itawamba during Thursday's MACCC men’s basketball action played at the Davis Event Center. In the women's contest, EMCC's Lady Lions dropped a 66-43 decision to the home-standing ICC Lady Indians.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team led visiting Hinds from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer en route to snapping a six-game losing skid with Monday’s 70-62 home conference victory over the Bulldogs. In the night’s opener played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum, the EMCC women dropped a close 56-51 decision to Hinds.
The EMCC Lions' tough month of February continued as they dropped a hard-fought 56-52 decision at East Central during Thursday's MACCC basketball action played at Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium. In the women's opener, the Lady Lions collected their fourth conference win of the season by holding on for a 52-51 road victory over the Lady Warriors.
East Mississippi Community College’s basketball teams fell on the road to MACCC-leading Pearl River squads during Thursday’s conference hoops action played at Marvin R. White Coliseum. The Lions dropped a hard-fought 60-56 decision to the Wildcats in the men's nightcap, while the EMCC women were downed 62-29 by 15th-ranked PRCC to open the evening.
The EMCC Lions dropped a hard-fought 60-58 overtime road decision to Mississippi Delta during Thursday's MACCC basketball action played at J.T. Hall Coliseum. The EMCC women completed an unbeaten week of competition by earning a 49-41 victory over the Lady Trojans in the night's opening contest.
East Mississippi Community College’s Lions snapped Holmes’ 17-game winning streak with a hard-fought 63-53 road victory at Frank Branch Coliseum during Thursday’s MACCC men’s basketball doubleheader action. The EMCC women dropped a tough 54-51 decision to the Lady Bulldogs to start the evening.
In makeup hoops action from a postponement earlier in the week due to wintry weather in the southern part of the state, the visiting East Mississippi Community College basketball teams dropped an MACCC doubleheader Saturday night at Southwest Mississippi. After the EMCC women fell 83-57 to the Lady Bears in the opener, the Lions finished on the short end of a hard-luck 73-70 decision in the men’s nightcap played at the Bear Basketball Center.
East Mississippi Community College posted a home basketball doubleheader sweep over Copiah-Lincoln during Thursday’s MACCC hoops action played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. After the EMCC women battled from behind to claim a 62-55 win over Co-Lin, the Lions completed the sweep with a 78-65 victory over the Wolves in the nightcap.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team got back into the win column by claiming a much-needed 80-53 victory over Northwest Mississippi in their MACCC home opener played this past Thursday at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. The EMCC Lady Lions’ shooting woes resulted in a 46-35 setback to the visiting Lady Rangers in women’s action to tip off the night.
In their final non-conference basketball action of the season before next week’s tipoff of the MACCC slate, the shorthanded EMCC Lions dropped an 89-65 road decision Thursday afternoon to Northwest Mississippi at Howard Coliseum .
East Mississippi Community College closed out its pre-Christmas basketball slate with Monday’s home hoops doubleheader against Holmes. The EMCC women claimed a 69-63 overtime victory over the Lady Bulldogs to begin the evening, while the Lions fell to Holmes, 59-53, in non-conference men’s nightcap action played at EMCC’s Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team let an eight-point, first-half lead slip away during a hard-fought 57-51 road loss to Shelton State, while the EMCC women dropped an 84-48 decision to the nationally seventh-ranked SSCC Lady Bucs during Thursday’s hoops doubleheader played at the Umphrey Center.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College erupted for 68 second-half points to cruise to a commanding 102-65 victory over Southern University-Shreveport during Saturday’s neutral-site men’s basketball action played at Marvin R. White Coliseum on the Pearl River Community College campus.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College cruised to their fifth consecutive men’s basketball victory with an 87-64 home win over Lawson State during Thursday’s basketball doubleheader played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus. In the night’s opening game, the EMCC women dropped a hard-luck 75-73 decision to the visiting LSCC Lady Cougars.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team claimed an 81-67 victory over Shelton State during Monday’s home-opening doubleheader hoops action played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus. The EMCC women dropped a 78-50 decision to the sixth-ranked Lady Bucs in the night’s opening game.
