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BROOKHAVEN –The East Mississippi golf team earned a season-best, second-place finish in the year’s third MACJC event hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
With two EMCC golfers finishing the two-day event ranked among the tournament’s top five individual scorers, head coach Dale Peay’s Lions finished two strokes better than both Northeast Mississippi and host Co-Lin with a composite score of 601 (299-302). Taking three of the top four individual slots, the two-time defending NJCAA Region 23 champions of Mississippi Gulf Coast claimed their third team title in as many MACJC events this spring by outdistancing the field with a 10-over-par 578 (290-288) to win by 23 strokes.
Freshman Ian McAdams, a former Madison Central product, led the way for East Mississippi with a third-place individual finish after carding a 3-over-par 145 (72-73). Following close behind, EMCC sophomore Michael Lauseng, of Bossier City, La., tied for fifth place individually with Northwest Mississippi’s Grant Goforth at 5-over-par 147 with scores of 72 and 75.
With Monday’s action being played at Co-Lin’s 6,745-yard Wolf Hollow course and Tuesday’s second-round play being held at the 6,319-yard Brookhaven Country Club, Gulf Coast’s Richie Williams took individual medalist honors with a 4-under-par total of 138 (69-69). MGCCC teammate Brandon Herrington was runner-up at 144 (74-70) for the two days.
EMCC sophomore Trey Adams of Belmont finished in a five-way tie for 13th place with a two-round score of 151 (76-75). Fellow sophomores Will Black of Calhoun City and Brandon’s Garrett Alford rounded out East Mississippi’s team scorecard with 37th (80-79—159) and 45th-place (79-86—165) showings, respectively. Lion freshman Reed Aldridge, out of Mooreville High School, tied for 30th (78-79—157) while competing as an individual.
The fourth and final regular-season MACJC spring event is slated to be co-hosted by Northeast Mississippi and Itawamba, March 29-30, at Corinth’s Shiloh Ridge Golf Course and River Birch Golf Club in Amory.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 March 2010 )
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.jpg "Image") On the heels of last week’s NJCAA Region 23 Tournament championship, the 26-5 EMCC Lions will face Brunswick CC of North Carolina to tip off national tournament play on Tuesday (March 16) in Hutchinson, Kan.
The winner of the EMCC-BCC first-round contest will advance to meet the winner of the contest between Navarro College (TX) and Middle Georgia College in Wednesday’s quarterfinals of the championship bracket at 8 p.m. The EMCC/BCC loser will take on the Navarro-MGC loser in Thursday’s consolation bracket at 10 a.m.
Next week’s five-day (March 16-20) NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship runs through Saturday’s finals of both the championship and consolation brackets. All 26 games of the double-elimination tournament are slated to be streamed live and will be available to view via archive at www.njcaa.org/tv.
Head coach Mark White’s 26-5 EMCC Lions are the District 15 representatives in the upcoming NJCAA Tournament after claiming the Region 23 Tournament title last week on the Mississippi College campus in Clinton. Rebounding from a 61-58 loss to 25th-ranked Pearl River in the championship game of the EMCC-hosted MACJC State Basketball Tournament, the 12th-ranked Lions knocked off Northeast Mississippi (86-79), Hinds (81-74 in OT) and Itawamba (78-64) on successive nights to capture the regional title. In addition to the team’s state runner-up finish, this year’s East Mississippi squad also claimed a school-first MACJC North Division regular-season men’s crown with a 10-2 league mark.
Positioned midway between Wilmington, N.C., and North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Brunswick Community College is located in Supply, N.C. Members of the Carolinas Junior College Conference, the BCC Dolphins punched their ticket to next week’s NJCAA Tournament by posting a 78-72 victory over Clinton Junior College (SC) in the championship game of the NJCAA Region 10 Tournament played this past weekend in Charlotte, N.C. Guided by head coach Walter Shaw, Brunswick owns an overall record of 23-10.
A 20-year coaching veteran, EMCC’s White will be making his third visit to Hutchinson for the men’s national tournament, though this year will mark his first duty as a head coach. He previously served as an assistant coach on North Idaho College’s team that placed fourth in the 1997 tournament, while also accompanying the Wabash Valley College (Ill.) club that went 1-2 in Kansas in 1993. A native of Russellville, Ky., White also was a part of Mississippi State teams that made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT semifinal-round showing during his five-year (2003-07) coaching stint with the Bulldogs.
With four of the 16 tournament teams still to be decided for next week’s NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, other schools that have already qualified for the tournament include: Connors State College (OK), Monroe College (NY), Howard College (TX), Butler CC (KS), Walters State CC (TN), Northwest Florida State College, Wallace State-Hanceville (AL), and Southeastern Illinois College.
Tournament information, including ticket prices and game updates, will be available online throughout the tournament by accessing www.njcaabbtrny.org.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
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 Sophomore standouts Martika Hull (left) and CoCo Ware have been named to the NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-North State basketball teams for their outstanding play during the course of the 2009-10 season.
A repeat all-region performer, Ware leads head coach Mark White’s NJCAA Tournament-bound EMCC Lions in scoring (20.2 ppg) and steals (2.7 spg), along with ranking as the team’s No. 2 rebounder (6.1 rpg) and second-leading playmaker (2.3 apg) on the year. The former Starkville High School product is also tied for the club lead with 54 made 3-pointers and rates as the Lions’ second-best shooter from the free-throw line (73.1%).
Named to this year’s Preseason NJCAA All-American Second Team, Ware is also a repeat selection to the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-North State First Team. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound backcourt performer has eclipsed the 30-point mark five times this season. Most recently, Ware was chosen to last week’s NJCAA All-Region 23 Tournament squad after scoring 80 total points over three games (26.7 ppg) to help lead the 26-5 and 12th-ranked EMCC Lions to the school’s first-ever appearance in next week’s (March 16-20) NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, Kan.
For his career, Ware enters the upcoming NJCAA Tournament having totaled 1,163 points (19.7 ppg), 370 rebounds (6.3 rpg), 167 steals (2.8 spg) and 112 assists (1.9 apg) during his 59-game East Mississippi career. The veteran guard also owns career shooting percentages of 46 percent overall from the field and 72 percent from the line, while having made 121 career three-point field goals.
Joining Ware on this year’s MACJC All-North State First Team is EMCC freshman guard Deonte Alexander by way of Nashville’s Glencliff High School. A 6-foot, 175-pound guard, Alexander is East Mississippi’s second-leading scorer (12.6 ppg) and top playmaker (3.5 apg) on the season. In addition, Alexander is averaging 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals per contest, while also sharing the club lead with 54 made three-point shots for the year. He also accompanied Ware on last week’s NJCAA All-Region 23 Tournament club after scoring 17 points on 4-of-5 three-point accuracy in EMCC’s 78-64 win over Itawamba in Thursday’s championship game.
For the women, EMCC’s Martika Hull is a first-time recipient of the 10-member NJCAA All-Region 23 team honor. A former standout at Meridian’s Southeast Lauderdale High School, Hull led head coach Sharon Thompson’s 15-13 EMCC Lady Lions in scoring (15.5 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg), steals (2.3 spg) and field-goal percentage (52.9%) this past year. The 5-foot-11 forward recorded 11 double-doubles as a sophomore to finish with 18 double-doubles for her two-year career in Scooba. Last week in Clinton, Hull was tabbed to the NJCAA All-Region 23 Tournament team after averaging 18.5 points and 14.0 rebounds in her two regional outings.
A repeat selection to the five-player MACJC All-North State First Team, Hull completed her stellar two-year EMCC career with 847 points (14.4 ppg), 470 rebounds (8.0 rpg) and 124 steals (2.1 spg). She also shot 57 percent from the field and 64 percent from the charity stripe for her career, while helping pace the Lady Lions to a two-year composite record of 40-20, including last year’s NJCAA Tournament appearance and MACJC North Division championship.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 )
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SCOOBA – A late first-game rally fell short for the home-standing East Mississippi softball team, as the Lady Lions went on to drop 4-2 and 5-0 decisions to Southwest Mississippi Saturday afternoon the Scooba campus.
The story for the Lady Lions in Saturday’s opening game was their inability to get timely hits with runners on base. As the Lady Bears were notching solo runs in the second, fifth, sixth and seventh innings off EMCC sophomore Courtney Nunn, the Lady Lions left the bases loaded in both the fourth and fifth innings.
After Southwest took a 4-0 lead in the top of the seventh, EMCC was finally able to break the ice in its half of the final frame. Sophomore outfielder Portia Randle of Starkville led off the seventh with her third hit of the contest. With one out, freshmen Celeste Fontenot and Mallory Pace followed with singles to load the bases for the third time in four innings. Cayla Coleman flied to center field for the second out, but Columbus’ Nashedra Barry singled to right to score two runs after right fielder Roxanne Lock couldn’t corral the base hit cleanly. However, Nunn struck out looking to end the rally and close out the opening contest.
Making her EMCC softball playing debut after completing her freshman basketball season last week for head coach Sharon Thompson’s Lady Lions, Barry went 2-for-4 at the plate in her first outing Fontenot, from Baton Rouge, La., also had a pair of singles in the opener. As a team, the EMCC women banged out 11 hits in the first game, but stranded 11 runners on base, including six in scoring position.
In Saturday’s nightcap, the visitors took another 4-0 lead with an unearned run in the third inning and three more tallies in the fourth. With only one hit through the first four innings, EMCC tried to get on the scoreboard in the fifth and sixth frames with a pair of base runners both innings. As was the case for the most part in the opener, the Lady Lions couldn’t get anyone to cross the plate despite moving runners to third base both innings.
As a team, the Lady Lions could only manage four singles in the second game. Coleman, a former Clarkdale High School standout, had a pair of singles, while former New Hope product DeShuni Sanders and Fontenot each had solo safeties.
Nunn, a sophomore from Jonesboro, La., took both losses on the mound for East Mississippi. In the opener, the right-hander scattered seven hits, while striking out nine and allowing just one walk. She went the distance again in the nightcap, allowing nine hits and three earned runs, along with totaling eight strikeouts and issuing three bases on balls.
Head coach Kate Neely’s 2-19 EMCC Lady Lions begin MACJC North Division action Wednesday (March 10) by playing host to Northeast Mississippi in a home doubleheader set to begin at 2 p.m. on the Scooba campus.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 March 2010 )
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