Women's Basketball | 12/4/2018 8:55:00 AM
MERIDIAN – The No. 8 Jones College Lady Bobcats rallied for a 71-56 victory over Meridian Community College here Monday night at Graham Gymnasium.
MCC led 18-10 after the first quarter before Jones came back to lead 32-30 at halftime. The Lady Bobcats led 49-40 after three quarters.
Kyia Weathersby (Collins) led a very balanced Jones' attack with 13 points and
Keyara Jones (Heidelberg) added 11 points.
Ty Hawkins (Brentwood, New York) had nine points,
Jatyjia Jones (Ingomar) added eight points and
Breonca Ducksworth (West Jones) had seven.
LaMiracle Sims (Moss Point) had six points,
Destiny Haymer (Holmes County Central) and
Chyna Allen (Harrison Central) had five each,
Maya Jones (Northwest Rankin) had four points and
Endia Holliday (South Jones) had three.
Weathersby had 12 rebounds and Sims had seven. Ducksworth had eight assists and Haymer had six.
Maya Jones had four blocked shots.
The Lady Bobcats are now 5-1 overall, 1-0 in the division. MCC falls to 3-4, 0-1.
Jones returns to A.B. Howard Gymnasium for its final home game before the Christmas holiday break on Thursday vs. Coastal Alabama-North. The game starts at 5:30 p.m. and will air on www.jcjc.tv.
Meridian hosts Bishop State (Alabama) on Thursday.
