EMCC’s Ja’Mia Hollings earns second MACJC Player of the Week women’s honor

For the second time in three weeks, East Mississippi Community College’s Ja’Mia Hollings has been chosen as the MACJC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week after recording her ninth double-double of the season during last week’s 65-59 overtime home win over Itawamba Community College.

EMCC’s Ja’Mia Hollings earns second MACJC Player of the Week women’s honor
January 29, 2020

SCOOBA – For the second time in three weeks, East Mississippi Community College's Ja'Mia Hollings has been chosen as the MACJC Women's Basketball Player of the Week after recording her ninth double-double of the season during last week's 65-59 overtime home win over Itawamba Community College.

Last Thursday (Jan. 23) against ICC in a battle for first place within the MACJC North Division women's standings, Hollings scored 16 points on 6-of-8 field goals and 4-of-4 free throws while grabbing a season-high 15 rebounds.  The freshman forward out of West Point also collected four assists, two blocked shots and a pair of steals in the key victory over the Lady Indians.   

Following last week's standout performance, Hollings opened the current week by scoring a team-high 19 points on near-perfect 9-of-10 shooting from the field during Monday's 61-60 victory at Northeast Mississippi.  The win in Booneville extended the Lady Lions' current winning streak to 10 consecutive games and improved their unbeaten MACJC North Division record to 6-0 on the year.

For the season, Hollings currently leads EMCC's Lady Lions in scoring (14.5 ppg), rebounding (9.2 rpg), steals (2.8 spg), blocked shots (14) and field-goal percentage (63.4%).  In division play, her numbers improve to 18.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as well as 76.2 percent shooting from the field.          

Hollings previously garnered MACJC honors during Week 8 after posting double-double efforts in home wins over Meridian and Holmes.  She joins Mississippi Gulf Coast's Daphane White and Isaih Moore of Pearl River as this season's trio of repeat conference player of the week recipients.

The East Mississippi basketball teams will play host to Mississippi Delta Community College during Thursday's doubleheader hoops action on the Scooba campus.  Coach Sharon Thompson's 15-2 EMCC Lady Lions will take on the Lady Trojans at 5:30 p.m., followed by Coach Billy Begley's 12-5 EMCC Lions (5-1 in MACJC North) entertaining the Trojans in a 7:30 p.m. men's nightcap at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.