2024-25 EMCC Women's Basketball News
East Mississippi Community College freshman guard Dukiaha Jones has been named to this year’s All-MACCC Women’s Basketball Second Team, while fellow EMCC frosh Jermaurhiyun Anderson and DeAndre Lewis have earned All-MACCC honorable mention recognition for the Lions on the men’s side. 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.
The 12th-seeded East Mississippi Community College women’s basketball team couldn’t quite recover from an early double-digit deficit in dropping a 60-49 road decision to fifth-seeded Mississippi Delta during Thursday’s opening round of the NJCAA Region 23 Women’s Basketball Tournament played at J.T. Hall Coliseum.
The Lady Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned the final spot in this year’s NJCAA Region 23 Women’s Basketball Tournament by rallying for a 67-63 home win over Meridian Community College during Monday’s MACCC regular-season finale played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. The EMCC men dropped a tough 65-62 decision to the visiting MCC Eagles in the nightcap to conclude the Lions’ 2024-25 hoops season.
In their final road action of the regular season, the Lady Lions of East Mississippi Community College dropped a 66-43 decision to Itawamba during Thursday's MACCC women's basketball action played at the Davis Event Center. In men's nightcap action, the visiting EMCC Lions let an eight-point halftime lead slip away en route to absorbing a 63-56 setback to ICC's Indians.
The East Mississippi Community College women’s basketball team dropped a close 56-51 home decision to Hinds during Monday's MACCC action played at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. In the nightcap, EMCC's Lions led visiting Hinds from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer en route to snapping a six-game losing skid with their 70-62 home conference victory over the Bulldogs.
The Lady Lions of East Mississippi Community College collected their fourth conference win of the season by holding on for a 52-51 road victory over East Central during Thursday’s MACCC basketball action played at Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium. In men’s action, the visiting EMCC Lions came up just short of reaching the same mark by dropping a hard-fought 56-52 decision to the Warriors during the nightcap.
East Mississippi Community College’s basketball teams fell on the road to MACCC-leading Pearl River during Thursday’s conference hoops action played at Marvin R. White Coliseum. The EMCC women were downed 62-29 by PRCC to open the evening, while the Lions dropped a hard-fought 60-56 decision to the Wildcats in the nightcap.
The East Mississippi Community College women’s basketball team completed an unbeaten week of competition by earning a 49-41 road win over Mississippi Delta during Thursday’s MACCC action played at J.T. Hall Coliseum. The EMCC men fell for the second time during the week by dropping a hard-fought 60-58 overtime decision to the Trojans in the nightcap.
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.
Cold shooting by EMCC's Lady Lions resulted in a 46-35 setback to Northwest Mississippi in their MACCC home hoops opener played this past Thursday at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. The EMCC men got back into the win column by a claiming a much-needed 80-53 nightcap victory over the visiting Rangers.
In their final non-conference basketball action of the season before next week's tipoff of the MACCC slate, the visiting EMCC Lady Lions outscored Northwest Mississippi, 14-3, during the extra session to grind out a 62-51 overtime road win Thursday afternoon 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 East Mississippi Community College women’s basketball team dropped a pair of decisions during the Northeast Mississippi Thanksgiving Classic held last week at Bonner Arnold Coliseum on the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus. The Lady Lions rebounded from a 94-57 Thursday defeat at the hands of Calhoun CC to give 17th-ranked Chipola College a solid test before falling 70-53 in Friday’s tournament action.
