PERKINSTON — The remaining six games of the NJCAA Region 23 Basketball Tournaments will be played at Tougaloo College in Jackson. Mississippi Gulf Coast is the only school with two teams still playing.
Mississippi College’s A.E. Wood Coliseum, the longtime site of the tournament, is having a facilities issue that won’t be correct by Thursday’s semifinals.
Tougaloo will host at Kroger Gymnasium. The updated schedules are listed below.
NJCAA Region 23 Women’s Basketball Tournament
First Round
Saturday, March 9
Higher seed hosts
No. 8 East Central 85, No. 9 Southern-Shreveport 71
No. 5 Itawamba 54, No. 12 Jones 36
No. 7 Northeast Mississippi 90, No. 10 Mississippi Delta 60
No. 11 Meridian 58, No. 6 Northwest Mississippi 55
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 11
Higher seed hosts
No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast 57, No. 8 East Central 37
No. 5 Itawamba 51, No. 4 Coahoma 47
Northeast at No. 2 Pearl River 80, No. 7 Northeast 47
No. 3 Southwest Mississippi 72, No. 11 Meridian 53
Semifinals
Thursday, March 14
Kroger Gymnasium, Tougaloo College
Jackson, Miss.
Gulf Coast vs. Itawamba, 1 pm
Pearl River vs. Southwest, 5 pm
Finals
Friday, March 15
Kroger Gymnasium, Tougaloo College
Jackson, Miss.
Championship, 5 pm
NJCAA Region 23 Men’s Basketball Tournament
First Round
Saturday, March 9
Higher seed hosts
No. 9 Baton Rouge 70, No. 8 Copiah-Lincoln 65
No. 5 Holmes 81, No. 12 East Central 69
No. 10 Pearl River 74, No. 7 Itawamba 64
No. 11 Meridian 100, No. 6 Southwest Mississippi 96
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 11
Higher seed hosts
No. 1 Jones 80, No. 9 Baton Rouge 75
No. 5 Holmes 81, No. 4 East Mississippi 68
No. 2 Northeast Mississippi 71, No. 10 Pearl River 55
Meridian at No. 3 Gulf Coast 88, No. 11 Meridian 82
Semifinals
Thursday, March 14
Kroger Gymnasium, Tougaloo College
Jackson, Miss.
Jones vs. Holmes, 3 pm
Northeast Mississippi vs. Gulf Coast, 7 pm
Finals
Friday, March 15
Kroger Gymnasium, Tougaloo College
Jackson, Miss.
Championship, 7 pm
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