MGCCC Women take on ECCC Thursday

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast will be back at Dantzler Arena on Thursday entertaining East Central in MACCC women’s basketball play. 

Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

Records

• MGCCC: 14-4/7-1 MACCC, 2^nd place in conference
• ECCC: 14-7/3-4 MACCC, T-8^th place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC beat Coahoma 66-60 on Monday in Clarksdale.
• East Central beat Meridian 54-37 on Monday in Decatur.

Previous Meeting

On Jan. 26, 2023, Gulf Coast beat East Central 77-47 at Perk. Simaru Fields and Tytiana Buckley had 19 points each.

Notes

• Simaru Fields (So., Pass Christian/Gulfport) is fourth in the conference in steals (47), sixth in free throws made (98) and 3-pointers made (38), and seventh in scoring (14.3 ppg).
• Ja’Sharreah Hunt (So., Roxie/Franklin County) ranks 10^th in the MACCC in free-throw shooting (72.6 percent).
• Je’Mya Evans (So., Gulfport/Harrison Central) is seventh in the league in made field goals (97).
• Tytiana Buckley (So., Meridian/Meridian) is eighth in the league in rebounding (7.3 rpg).

Three Ahead

• Tuesday, Feb. 20: at Hinds, Utica, 5:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 22: vs. Itawamba, Perkinston, 5:30 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 26: at Meridian, Meridian, 5:30 p.m.

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