MCC Lady Eagles announce 2007-08 Basketball Schedule

MERIDIAN- An attractive 13-game home schedule, which includes a Thanksgiving weekend Rush Classic highlight Meridian Community College’s 2007-08 women's basketball schedule, as announced this week by MCC athletic director and women’s head coach Hilary Allen.

In addition, MCC's competitive 25-game, regular-season slate will feature 14 MACJC South Division contests.

Coming off last year's appearance in the NJCAA Region 23 Championship game, Coach Allen’s Lady Eagles will tip off the 2007-08 collegiate basketball competition with a two-game homestand by playing host to Delgado Community College out of Louisiana (Nov. 3), and #1 ranked Trinity Valley Community College out of Texas (Nov. 7), who is a five-time NJCAA national champion.

The Lady Eagles' first road trip of the campaign will take them up the road to Scooba to face rival- East Mississippi Community College on Nov. 12.

MCC will then host Coahoma Community College on Nov. 17 before opening up the four-team, 4-game Rush Classic tournament on Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 23-24).

The Lady Eagles will then play four consecutive road contests in four different states to cap off their non-conference slate. MCC travels to Wallace-Selma (AL) Community College on Nov. 30, Delgado (LA) Community College on Dec. 4, Coahoma (MS) Community College on Dec. 8, and Volunteer State (TN) Community College on Jan. 3.

Headlined by returning All-Region 23 sophomore NaDasha Strickland from last year's 17-11 squad, MCC will open up MACJC South Division play with Hinds Community College on Jan. 7 at home.

The Lady Eagle's 14-game MACJC South Division regular-season slate will continue with a Jan. 10 road contest against East Central Community College followed by a stretch of 12 consecutive league contests for MCC.

The MACJC State Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 25-28, with the Region 23 Tournament on March 4-7. The Region 23 champion will advance to the NJCAA National Championship on March 19-23 in Salina, KS.