Lady Eagles Stay Undefeated

from staff reports
The Meridian Star
Steve Swogetinsky

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles remained undefeated Friday night with an 84-72 victory over Alabama Southern in the first round of the Rush Invitational.

The 4-0 Lady Eagles led 45-31 at the half. Jennifer Weir led MCC in scoring and rebounding with 20 points and 15 rebounds.

Five MCC players were in double figures with Anesha McBride scoring 16, Carla Latham 14, Holly Dial 12 and Hilal Yildirim 11.

Tyeisha Nettles scored 18 points to lead Alabama Southern.

Two games will be played today in the second round of the Rush Invitational. Meridian plays Bevill State at 6 p.m., and Delgado playing Alabama Southern at 4 p.m