Men's Basketball | 12/4/2018 9:13:00 AM

MERIDIAN – The Jones College Bobcats outscored Meridian Community College 8-4 over the final two minutes and defeated the Eagles 74-70 here Monday night at Graham Gymnasium.
The game was tied at 66-66 before the Bobcats pulled away to win the opening MACJC South Division game of the season.
Galen Alexander (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) had 21 points for the Bobcats, Kenneth Rogers (Starkville) added 19 and Tirus Smith (Petal) had 10. Michael Williams Jr. (Rayville, Louisiana) had nine, Shardarrion Allen (Raymond) had seven and David McCoy (Meridian), David Gaines Jr. (Wayne County) and Winceton Edwards (Oak Grove) added two each.
Alexander, Williams and Smith had six rebounds each. Williams had eight assists.
Kylan Hamilton had 21 points for Meridian and Alvarez Powell added 20.
Jones was 24-of-56 from the field (5-of-17 from 3-point range) for 43 percent. The Bobcats were 21-of-26 from the free throw line.
MCC was 21-of-42 from the floor (9-of-16 from 3-point range) for 50 percent. MCC was 19-of-31 from the free throw line.
Jones outrebounded the Eagles, 32-28.
The Bobcats are 6-1 overall, 1-0 in the division. Jones hosts Coastal Alabama-North at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in their final home game of the 2018 portion of the schedule. The game will air on www.jcjc.tv.
Meridian, 4-2 and 0-1, hosts Bishop State (Alabama) on Thursday.