MCC Lady Eagles Fall to EMCC

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles squared off with rival East Mississippi Community College on the basketball hardwood Thursday night in the Graham Gymnasium looking to extend its current five-game winning streak. The game between the two schools came right down to the wire and the Lady Lions were able to escape with a 61-59 victory over MCC. The Lady Eagles dropped its overall record to 7-3 after the two-point setback, while the Lady Lions improved to 6-3 overall for the season. The MCC Lady Eagles will return to action next Thursday night with a MACJC South Division road trip to Decatur to play the Lady Warriors of East Central Community College beginning at 5:30 p.m. East Mississippi will return to the court next Tuesday with a home doubleheader against East Central beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Freshman Qiayon Bailey led the Lady Eagles in scoring on Thursday night with 15 points, while Andriel Moss scored nine points off the bench for Meridian. Rokila Wallace chipped in with eight points in the loss, while Halethe Jones finished the game with seven points. Ty Juhan led East Mississippi in scoring with 21 points and Anissia May followed with 14 in the winning effort for the Lady Lions.