MCC Lady Eagles Take Down LSU-Eunice

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles bounced back in a big way Saturday with a 75-61 victory over LSU-Eunice at the Graham Gymnasium. The Lady Eagles rebounded with its second Miss-Lou Conference win of the season after dropping a two-point decision at home Wednesday night to Southern Shreveport.

The two teams traded baskets throughout much of the first ten minutes of the contest, but the Lady Eagles built a 39-29 lead at the end of the first half. MCC was once again paced in the scoring department by Gelese Lampton with 12 points after one half. MCC built its largest lead of the game with 12:22 left in the second half by scoring 12 unanswered points to make the score 56-40. Lampton led the scoring charge for the Lady Eagles with a pair of baskets, while former Meridian High star Reyada Stinner added a pair of buckets, to go along with three steals.

LSU-Eunice (5-12, 1-1) battled back to cut the MCC lead to single digits at 59-50 with 9:18 remaining in the game thanks to several key baskets on the inside by Chelsey Dubroc. MCC answered the Lady Bengals with three straight scoring trips up the floor to take its lead back into double digits at 65-50 with 7:21 left in the game. Lampton nailed a short jump on one trip up the floor, while former Newton High standout Ashtin McNichols added a pair of baskets off the bench for MCC. The Lady Eagles were able to hold off the Lady Bengals during the final three minutes of the contest to secure the victory.

Lampton led the Lady Eagles in scoring with 26 points and the sophomore ended the game with four three-point field goals. Kristen Sampson added 14 points, while Stinner had another solid performance for MCC with 13 points.
Elisavet Politopoulou led the Lady Bengals with 19 points and six baskets came from three-point range from the sophomore from Athens, Greece. Meghan Cross added 14 points, while Dubroc finished with 12 points inside for LSU-Eunice.

MCC (13-6, 2-1) will finish its current six-game home stand Sunday afternoon against Wallace-Hanceville at 2 p.m. The MCC men will also return to action Sunday afternoon against Wallace-Hanceville at 4 p.m.