Men's Basketball | 12/6/2018 11:14:00 PM

ELLISVILLE – Jones Colleget ook the lead for good midway through the first half and went on to a 94-73 decision over Coastal Alabama-North here Thursday night at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
The Bobcats, 7-1, will next play on Dec. 28 at undefeated and No. 12 Tallahassee Community College (Florida) in the first day of the Tallahassee DemocratTournament.
Jones trailed for the most of the first part of the first half vs. the Eagles.
With the game tied at 19-19, the Bobcats took the lead for good when Shardarrion Allen (Raymond) converted a 3-point play to make it 22-19 with 9:19 showing. A basket by Sayveon Bumpers (Quitman) and a slam by Galen Alexander (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) ended a 7-0 spurt and put Jones up 26-19 with 7:18 left in the first half.
Jones extended the lead to 40-26 with 2:49 showing when Kenneth Rogers (Starkville) made one of his five 3-pointers for the game.
The Bobcats led 46-36 at halftime and the Eagles would not get within single digits in the second half.
Another 3-pointer by Rogers gave Jones a 69-51 lead with 11:20 to play. The Bobcats took their longest lead of the game when Rogers converted a 4-point play with 4:27 left to make it 87-63.
Alexander, a transfer from LSU, led the Bobcats with 24 points. Rogers added 17, Winceton Edwards (Oak Grove) had 11 and Allen finished with 10.
Lorenzo Anderson had 30 points for the Eagles, 4-7. Javon Grimsley added 18.
Coastal Alabama-North hosts South Georgia Technical College on Saturday.
 
Thursday's game
Ellisville
A.B. Howard Gymnasium
Jones College 94, Coastal Alabama-North 73
Coastal Alabama-North (4-7)             36 33 – 73
Jones College (7-1)                             46 48 – 94
COASTAL ALABAMA-NORTH (73)– Lorenzo Anderson 30, Javon Grimsley 18, Jace Johnson 8, Anthony Fairley 7, Trejan Davis 5, Kevin Paige 3, Steven McCloud 2.
JONES COLLEGE (94)– Galen Alexander 24, Kenneth Rogers 17, Winceton Edwards 11, Shardarrion Allen 10, Michael Williams Jr. 8, Tirus Smith 6, David Gaines Jr. 5, Sayveon Bumpers 4, Ladarius Anderson 4, David McCoy 4, Brandon James 1, Casey Smith Jr. 0, Zachariah Malone 0, Jeffery Lewis 0, Larry Griffin 0.