_2.jpg "Image") In the midst of playing four straight softball doubleheaders away from home, the Lady Lions posted a pair of lopsided wins over Coahoma Friday afternoon in Clarksdale.
The day prior, EMCC earned a Thursday doubleheader split at Itawamba by claiming a 7-3 victory in the nightcap after dropping a 3-1 decision in the first game. In their first of four straight North Division doubleheaders coming away from home, the Lady Lions fell by scores of 9-1 and 12-4 Tuesday at Northeast Mississippi.
In Friday’s opening contest at Coahoma, EMCC’s Regan Shows of Beaumont capped a nine-run third inning by smacking a two-out grand slam. West Lauderdale product Jessica Vick hit her second home run of the week with a two-run shot in the contest, while also adding a run-scoring double.
Sophomore pitcher Brooke Lee, a former West Lauderdale standout, worked all four innings in the opening contest for the Lady Lions, allowing just a fourth-inning single to go along with her six strikeouts and three walks.
In the nightcap, EMCC pushed across five runs in the second followed by seven more in the third to contribute to the lopsided shutout. Shows, a transfer from Jones County Junior College by way of Perry Central High School, went 2-for-4 in the second game with a two-run double in the first inning and another two-bagger in the fourth. New Hope product Linsey Upton added a pair of singles in the second contest.
Freshman right-hander Courtney Nunn, of Jonesboro, La., earned the victory in the nightcap, only giving up a pair of fourth-inning singles while striking out five Coahoma hitters and issuing just one base on balls.
Coach Kate Neely’s EMCC Lady Lions, now 16-20 overall, play their fourth divisional road doubleheader in a week’s span by competing at Mississippi Delta on Monday in a make-up date from an earlier postponement due to inclement weather. East Mississippi will play host to Itawamba in a Wednesday doubleheader set to begin at 3 p.m. on the Scooba campus.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 April 2009 )
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.jpg "Image") Sophomore forward Angelique Burtts has capped an honor-filled hoops campaign by being named to the 2008-09 NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball All-American Third Team.
A 5-foot-11 forward from Conyers, Ga., Burtts has made the most of her one year on EMCC’s Scooba campus after transferring from Middle Tennessee State University. The former McDonald’s All-American nominee from Rockdale County High School in Georgia led head coach Sharon Thompson’s 25-7 EMCC Lady Lions in scoring at 15.5 points per game and ranked second in rebounding at 7.9 boards an outing this past season. In also being selected to the 10-member All-NJCAA Region 23 Team and to the five-player All-MACJC North State First Team, Burtts proved to be a vital member of an East Mississippi club that advanced to the 16-team field of the 2009 NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship in Salina, Kan.
In recording a team-high 10 double-doubles on the season, Burtts nearly averaged a double-double (14.3 ppg and 9.5 rpg) in eight postseason tournament games to help pace EMCC to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament championship as well as to the regular-season title of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division.
A 31-game starter for the Lady Lions as a sophomore, Burtts topped EMCC with 72 steals and 22 made 3-pointers, along with leading the club in free throw accuracy at 70.3 percent for the year. She also finished second on the team with 70 assists and 19 blocked shots on the season.
With 10 outings of 20 or more points in 2008-09, Burtts tallied a career-high 27 points on 8-of-14 field goals and 10-of-11 charity tosses in EMCC’s home divisional win over Holmes. She also had 10 games with double-digit rebounds this past year, including a career-most 19 boards – to go along with 24 points on 10-of-14 field goals – in the Lady Lions’ overtime victory at North Division foe Northwest Mississippi.
Burtts will continue her collegiate career playing for head coach Lea Henry at Colonial Athletic Association member Georgia State University in Atlanta.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 April 2009 )
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SCOOBA, Miss. -- Standout point guard Deonte Alexander of Nashville’s Glencliff High School has signed a national letter-of-intent with East Mississippi Community College, as announced Thursday by EMCC men’s basketball coach Mark White.
A 6-foot, 170-pound playmaker, Alexander averaged 20.1 points per game for head coach Tony Sowell’s Glencliff Colts this past season, including high-scoring efforts of 41 points against Hunters Lane and 33 points versus Antioch. Selected to compete in this year’s Music City All-Star Classic, Alexander was chosen as the 2008-09 District 12AAA MVP as an All-Region 6AAA Team member. He was also a McDonald’s All-American nominee and is ranked among the state’s top 20 senior prospects by the Tennessee Prep Hoops recruiting service.
“Deonte has a chance to be a very special basketball player,” EMCC’s White said. “He is a true point guard who likes to distribute the basketball, and he can also score from the ‘2’ guard position. Deonte has an outstanding work ethic and comes from a tremendous family background.
“(EMCC assistant coach) Jeremy Shulman is from Nashville and has known Deonte and his wonderful family for several years,” White added. “Jeremy’s tireless recruiting efforts and his long-standing association with the Tennessee AAU ranks has enabled us to welcome Deonte to the EMCC basketball family.”
Along with his high school accomplishments in Nashville, Alexander also starred on the AAU circuit with the Midstate Ballerz Elite basketball program.
Alexander joins previously announced EMCC men’s basketball signees Donovan Walker, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard/forward from Meridian High School, and Joe McCoy, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound guard out of Raymond High School.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 April 2009 )
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SCOOBA, Miss. – Local Kemper County High School product RoTasha Windom and Shavantis Thomas of Oxford High School have become the latest additions to the East Mississippi women’s basketball program. The signings were announced Thursday by Lady Lions head coach Sharon Thompson.
A 5-foot-11 forward, Windom averaged 8.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.4 blocks and 2.3 steals per outing as a repeat All-District 5-2A performer this past season for head coach Johnny Rush’s Class 2A state tournament runners-up. Shooting 53 percent from the field and with 10 double-doubles to her credit as a senior, Windom’s standout performance of the season came against New Site in the semifinals of the state tournament. In being selected to the all-tournament team, she totaled 26 points, 21 rebounds, eight blocks and five steals in KCHS’s 69-65 overtime triumph over New Site. As a three-year starter for Kemper County, Windom helped lead the Lady Wildcats to a composite record of 77-29 dating back to the 2006-07 campaign.
Thomas, also a 5-foot-11 forward, averaged 7.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest for head coach Shane Stone’s 22-8 Lady Chargers at Oxford High School this past year. Before transferring back to Oxford a year ago, Thomas spent her sophomore and junior years at Water Valley High School.
Windom and Thomas join previously announced EMCC women’s basketball signees Keyosha Robinson of Southeast Lauderdale High School, Weir High School’s Alvionna Knox, and teammates Nashedra Barry and Natalie Tate of Columbus High School.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 April 2009 )
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SCOOBA, Miss. – EMCC head baseball coach Tony Montgomery announced this week that West Point High School pitcher Demontez Calvert, pitcher/first baseman Cole Vaughan of Heritage Academy, and Heidelberg Academy middle infielder/pitcher Jamie Keenan have signed national letters-of-intent with the Lions.
A 6-foot-4 right-hander, Calvert has been in the Green Wave’s starting rotation since his freshman season. This season for head coach Buddy Wyers’ West Point club, Calvert owns a 3.65 earned run average with 35 strikeouts and only 13 walks in 25 innings of work. A two-time recipient of the Pitcher’s Award as the club’s most valuable hurler, Calvert posted a 2.43 ERA with 42 strikeouts and but a dozen bases on balls in 39 innings a year ago as a junior. He also averaged around eight points and a team-leading 10.8 rebounds per game for head coach Winston Varnado’s West Point basketball club this past season.
Vaughan, a first cousin of EMCC freshman shortstop/pitcher Drew Vaughan, is presently hitting a team-best .420 with a .742 slugging percentage for head coach Steve Hancock’s Heritage Patriots. On the mound, the left-hander is currently 2-3 on the year with a 2.96 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 26 innings.
Set to be reunited with former Heidelberg Academy standout Derek Beach at East Mississippi, Keenan owns a current .491 batting average with 28 runs batted in and 31 runs scored for head coach Jim Fries’ 15-6 Rebels. An All-District 4 selection among the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA) ranks a year ago, the right-handed Keenan is also 4-2 on the mound with a 2.21 ERA this season.
East Mississippi’s most recent additions are joined by previously announced EMCC baseball signees Tyler Aldridge of Caledonia High School, Southeast Lauderdale’s Noah Greer, and Kameron Heiser of West Lauderdale High School.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 April 2009 )
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