Lady Eagles take easy victory

from staff reports
The Meridian Star

MCC women 71
Pearl River 56

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles raced out to an early lead and were never challenged in defeating Pearl River 71-56 on the road Monday night.

The Lady Eagles jumped out to a 28-14 lead early and led 42-27 at the halftime break.

With the win, MCC improved their record to 12-8 overall and 3-2 in the South Division.

Jennifer Wair led the Lady Eagles with 18 points and an amazing 21 rebounds while NaDosha Strickland also scored 18 and corralled 10 boards. Hilal Yildirim chipped in with 10 points in the win.

MCC will return to action Thursday when they travel to face Southwest Communicy College.

Pearl River 89
Meridian men 73

The Eagles didn’t fare as well as their female counterparts, falling to Pearl River by 16 points.

The game was tied 40-40 at halftime, but Pearl River outscored MCC 49-33 in the second half.

Meridian fell to 4-12 overall and 1-4 in division play with the loss.

The Eagles were led by Santez Johnson with 21 points while Dexter LeFlore scored 14 and Chris Leggett chipped in 11.

Pearl River got 32 points from Wesley Jones to key their victory.