Men's Basketball | 1/19/2018 12:14:00 AM

SUMMIT – Homestanding Southwest Mississippi outscored Jones County Junior College 40-19 over the final 12:55 and beat the Bobcats, 90-70, here Thursday night at Holmes Gymnasium.
The Bobcats and Bears played it close for the first 27 minutes before Southwest pulled away.
A David Gaines, Jr. (Wayne County) layup gave JCJC its final lead of the game at 51-50 with 13:21 to play. The Bears then went on a 14-2 run, capped by a Roydell Brown slam dunk with 10:05 left, to take control at 64-53.
The closest Jones got after that was 68-59 with 7:37 remaining when Winceton Edwards (Oak Grove) made a layup. Southwest's biggest leads would be at 85-64 and 90-69 in the final minutes of play.
For the first part of the first half, the Bobcats had the better of it.
A Gaines' basket at 16:40 ended a 10-0 run and gave JCJC a 10-5 lead. A Malik Henry (Terry) bucket with 11:14 showing had the Bobcats ahead, 23-17.
The Bears rallied to take the lead, but Henry's basket with 5:18 remaining tied it at 32-32. But Southwest closed the half on a 12-4 run and took a 44-36 halftime lead.
Jones would start the second half by outscoring the Bears 15-6, but Southwest would regain the momentum and go on to the victory.
Gaines led JCJC with 23 points, while Mason Daniels (Atlanta, Georgia) added 16 and Henry had 15. Daniels had 9 rebounds and Henry had 7. Michael Williams (Rayville, Louisiana) had a game-high 9 assists.
JCJC was 27-of-62 from the floor (7-of-18 from 3-point range) for 44 percent. Jones was 9-of-16 from the free throw line.
The Bobcats are now 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the division.
The Bears placed four players in double figures, led by Brown with 24 points. Jeremy Harrell followed with 20, Aleksa Dobrijevic had 14 and Terrell Ben finished with 10.
The Bears were 34-of-66 from the floor (10-of-25 from 3-point range) for 52 percent. Southwest was 12-of-14 from the foul line.
Southwest outrebounded Jones, 36-28.
Southwest is now 11-1 overall and 2-1 in the division.
The Bobcats will host Pearl River at 3 p.m. Saturday at A.B. Howard Gymnasium in a game that will air on www.jcjc.tv. This game was originally scheduled to be played on Jan. 16, but was postponed because of inclement weather.
Southwest travels to Meridian on Saturday.
 
Thursday's game
Summit
Holmes Gymnasium
MEN
Southwest 90, Jones County 70
Jones County (7-5, 2-1)          36 34 – 70
Southwest (11-1, 2-1)              44 46 – 90
JONES COUNTY (70) – David Gaines, Jr. 23, Mason Daniels 16, Malik Henry 15, Winceton Edwards 9, Quentin Pough 7, Michael Williams 0, David McCoy 0, Shemar Johnson 0, Kenneth Knight 0, Omar Steele 0, Terry Williams 0.
SOUTHWEST (90) – Roydell Brown 24, Jeremy Harrell 20, Aleksa Dobrijevic 14, Terrell Ben 10, John Knight III 8, Antonio Cowart, Jr. 6, Ricardo Lynch 6, Charles Winston 2, Robert Boyd 0, Howard Smith 0.