Lady Eagles back on a roll

(MERIDIAN) - The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles are back to their winning ways after defeating Wallace State-Hanceville 89-67 on Monday night. MCC’s women have now won three consecutive games.

The Lady Eagles jumped out to a 19 point lead at halftime over Wallace State-Hanceville and built that lead up to 32 early in the second half.

“We played great team defense and distributed the ball extremely well on offense,” said MCC head coach, Hilary Allen after the victory.

Sophomore LaDarica Campbell had a game-high 16 points and a game-high 15 rebounds to notch another double-double.

Sophomore Tiara Logan added 15 points on four three-pointers. Sophomore Brittany Bohannon added 14 points, while freshman Tay Odneal added 10 points for MCC.

Morgan Duncan, from Hanceville, scored 14 points.

The Lady Eagles return to action on Saturday at 5:00 pm at Mississippi College, a neutral site game against Miss-Lou Conference opponent Southern-Shreveport.