Lady Eagles roll in win over Selma

(MERIDIAN) – The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles basketball team hadn’t played in over a week when they faced Wallace State-Selma last night, but it didn’t show as the MCC women put together perhaps their best performance of the season thus far, a 106-66 thrashing of Wallace State-Selma.

Brittany Bohannon and Alondra Jefferson, both of Kemper County High School, led the Lady Eagles in scoring with 15 points and 13 points, respectively. Sharda’e Johnson added 11 points, while Tiara Logan and Porsha Wilson each scored 10 points for MCC. LaDarica Campbell pulled 14 rebounds for MCC.

Cher’Ryan Scott from Wallace State-Selma led all scorers with 16 points.

With the win, MCC improves to 7-1 on the season, having won six straight games.

The Lady Eagles return to action when the No. 12 team in the country, Shelton State Community College, rolls into Meridian on Thursday. Tip off is set for at 6:00 pm in the Graham Gymnasium.

Game will be webcast live on www.meridiancc.edu/sports (click “Live Sport Feed”).

On the men’s side, MCC dropped their sixth straight game, a 102-68 defeat at the hands of Wallace State-Selma. The Eagles fall to 3-6 on the year and prepare to face Shelton State on Thursday at 8:00 pm.