MCC Slips Past ECCC

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles were looking to continue its miraculous postseason run on Wednesday afternoon at the 2015 MACJC State Tournament in Wesson, MS. The Lady Eagles opened the tournament Monday afternoon by upsetting Itawamba Community College who came into the field as one of the top two seeds, but the journey to the next round would not be easy for MCC.

The Lady Eagles would meet one of its long time rivals, East Central Community College, in the semi-final round of the tournament Wednesday afternoon at the Mullen Gymnasium on the campus of Co-Lin Community College. The Lady Warriors had won the two previous meetings over the Lady Eagles during the regular season and was also seeded second in the tournament, so the third time would need to be the charm for MCC.

MCC (17-9) fought its way through a wild game to defeat East Central by a final score of 79-77 to advance to the MACJC State Championship game. The title game will be played Thursday night at 6 p.m. between MCC and Co-Lin. The Lady Wolves defeated Jones County Junior College by a final of 76-68 to advance to the title game against Meridian. The Lady Wolves finished the game against JCJC on a 16-0 run. Co-Lin will enter the game against MCC Thursday night with a perfect 25-0 record and the Lady Wolves are also currently ranked 18th according to the latest NJCAA Division I poll.

The game ultimately belonged to sophomore Miaya Crowder, who arguably had her biggest game of the 2014-2015 season for the Lady Eagles. Crowder finished the game with a team-high 30 points, 20 rebounds, four steals, and three blocked shots in the semi-final victory for the Lady Eagles. Freshman Tytianna Hall also turned in a solid game for Meridian with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while sophomore Londyn Thomas chipped in with 11 points.

MCC would finish the game by shooting 46 percent from the floor, while ECCC finished by shooting 39 percent. The Lady Eagles were also able to win the rebounding battle by a 48-44 edge, but the struggles would come at the charity stripe for both teams. MCC finished the game by shooting 64 percent from the free throw line, while ECCC had its struggles at the line by shooting 42 percent.

Tashi-ana Thompson also had a great day in the loss for East Central with 26 points and finished the game by shooting 5-for-12 from three-point range. Kalybriah Haskin also had a great day for the Lady Warriors with 18 points and Shakerya Morrison chipped in with 16 points.

MCC Softball Postpones Road Doubleheader

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College softball team has announced that its scheduled road doubleheader for Tuesday at Baton Rouge Community College has been postponed due to weather and poor road conditions. The team hasn’t announced a date for the games to be rescheduled as of this time.

The Lady Eagles will return to action this Friday to open up MACJC play for the 2015 season against Hinds Community College at Tommy McDonald Field. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin at noon.

MCC Baseball Postpones Road Doubleheader

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College baseball team has announced that is scheduled doubleheader for Tuesday on the road at Alabama Southern Community College has been postponed due to weather and poor road conditions. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to be played Wednesday afternoon in Monroeville, AL, but was rescheduled to be played in Thomasville, AL on Tuesday due to more winter weather forecasted for Wednesday in the area. The games could possibly be rescheduled for a later date in the season.

MCC will now return to action March 2 at home against Spring Hill College in a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. The Eagles are currently 6-4 overall for the 2015 season after a doubleheader split (0-8, 2-0) last Friday against Baton Rouge Community College at Scaggs Field.

MCC Upsets ICC

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles opened play Monday afternoon in the first round of the MACJC State Tournament in Wesson, MS with a huge task of taking on Itawamba Community College. The Lady Eagles made the tournament as the fourth seed after defeating Pearl River Community College last Thursday night at the Graham Gymnasium and the Lady Indians were a heavy favorite to potentially make a run to the final round of the tournament after winning the MACJC North Division crown.

MCC had other plans on Monday and pulled an enormous upset in the opening game of the tournament by defeating ICC by a final score of 76-74. The Lady Eagles had previously lost two games during the regular season at the hands of Itawmaba before Monday's game at the Mullen Gymnasium. The two teams swapped the lead down the stretch, but a pair of missed free throws in the final seconds by the Lady Indians would prove to be the difference.

MCC finished the game by shooting 47.6 percent from the floor and was able to out rebound the Lady Indians by a 39-38 margin. The Lady Eagles were able to dominate in the paint once again as Miaya Crowder secured another double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman Tytianna Hall had one of her biggest games of the season by leading the way in the scoring department for the Lady Eagles with 22. Sophomore Londyn Thomas also had another solid performance for the green and white with 15 points.

MCC will now advance to the semi-final round of the MACJC State Tournament on Wednesday at 1 p.m. against East Central Community College. The Lady Eagles were swept during the regular season by the Lady Warriors in two meetings. East Central opened the tournament Wednesday afternoon by defeating Holmes Community College in convincing fashion by a final score of 90-69. East Central made the tournament as the number two seed from the MACJC South Division.

MCC Posts Strong Showing at LSU

Baton Rouge, LA- MCC returned to the track Friday afternoon at the LSU Twilight and saw three victories in the final regular season meet.

"This was a great tuneup for us leading in to the National Championships," said Head Coach Chip Gayden. "We came in and executed very well and had great focus."

MCC's short sprinters once again posted a strong showing with 3 finalists in the 60 meters.

Freshmen, Chris Lewis, Kendrick Smith and Cravorkian Carson finished  one, two, five in the event. Lewis and Smith both posted personals bests with times of 6.68 and 6.71. Those marks rank them second and third in the NJCAA.

In the 400 meters Marquis Adams turned in a second place finish with a time of 51.77.

In the 600 meters, freshman Josh Austin finished first posting a NJCAA qualifying time of 1:23.09.

In the field events MCC saw three top two finishes.

 Devontre Young posted a personal best of 6-8.75 and second place finish in the high jump. His mark now ranks him 12th in NJCAA.

In the long jump, the freshman duo of Lakendric Tuck and Josh Wilson turned in a 1-2 finish. Tuck won with a jump of 22-09.

MCC will now turn its focus to the NJCAA National Championships in Albuquerque, NM March 5-7.