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February 5, 2010

Wildcats pickup win No. 22 on the season

from staff reports The Meridian Star The Meridian Star Fri Feb 05, 2010, 08:30 AM CST

MERIDIAN — Kemper County downed visiting Heidelberg 67-57 Thursday night en route to its 22nd victory of the season in boy’s high school basketball action.

    The Wildcats (22-3) doubled up the Oilers (13-8) 14-7 in the final period of play to distance itself and secure the win.

    Kemper was led by Steven Fuller with a team-high 19 points, while Nicholas Giles scored 12 and LaColtan Bester dropped in 11 points.

    Heidelberg was led by Kevin Nix with a game-high 24-point effort.

    Kemper County hosts Northeast tonight in its regular season finale.

Heidelberg girls                59

Kemper County                51



    Heidelberg outscored Kemper County by seven points in the fourth quarter and held on to take the eight-point victory Wednesday night in a division 5-3A matchup.

    The Oilers were led by Eureeka Carr’s game-high 20-point effort and Kundray Brianna Kennedy followed suit with 13 points of her own in the win.

    The Wildcats got a 16-points performance from Shaqualya Johnigan, while Kundriay Spencer chipped in with 15.

    Kemper County hosts Northeast tonight.

Wayne Aca. girls            55

Prentiss Christian            20

    Wayne Academy blew by Prentiss Christian by 35 Wednesday night to advance in the MAIS District 8-A Varsity tournament.

    The Jaguars were led by Katrina Lofton who scored 17 points in the contest. Kelsey Crawley got in on the action as she dropped in 11 points of her own.

    Natalie Dailey led Prentiss with five points.

Heidelberg Aca. girls            29

Laurel Christian                40

    Heidelberg Aca. dropped an 11-point decision to Laurel Christian in the MAIS District 8-A Tournament Wednesday night.

    Heidelberg got a game-high 12 points from Cynthia Hilton, while Ashley Reeves went for nine points.

    Laurel was paced by Alison Cegliclski who led all scorers in the contest with a 24-point performance.

JUCO BASKETBALL

ECCC men                61

Southwest                68

    East Central was outscored 34-27 in the second half as it dropped its 14th game of the season to Southwest Community College Wednesday night.

    The Warriors were led by Kenneth Thomas who scored 11 points, while Kendall Jackson dropped in 10.

    Southwest was pace by P.J. McCray’s game-high 13 points.

    ECCC is back in action Monday night when it travels to take on Hinds Community College.

ECCC women                 61

Southwest                71

    After trailing by eight points after one half of play East Central lost to the Southwest Community College Wednesday by ten points.

    The Warriors put three players in double digits as Danielle Cole led the way with 16 points. Yolanda Jones dropped in 15 while Hannah Lee chipped in with 14 points.

    Southwest got a team-high 15 points from Octavia Bearden.

    ECCC travels to Hinds Monday night.

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