Women's Basketball | 2/1/2018 11:09:00 PM
ELLISVILLE –
Alexis Tolefree (Conway, Arkansas) made two free throws with 6.8 seconds left as third-ranked Jones County Junior College held off Copiah-Lincoln Community College 80-76 here Thursday night at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
It was the ninth straight victory for Jones.
JCJC is now 15-2 overall and 8-0 in the MACJC South Division. Co-Lin falls to 14-3 overall, 5-3 in the division.
JCJC was in control for most of the first half.
K.K. Tassin (Terry) made two free throws with no time showing to give Jones a 25-13 lead after the first quarter.
Tassin's 3-pointer with 5:22 left in the first half gave JCJC a 36-19 lead.
ZaKyia Weathersby's (Collins) basket with :28 remaining gave Jones its biggest lead of the game at 44-25. The Lady Bobcats were up 44-27 at halftime.
Co-Lin, however, outscored JCJC 18-3 to start the third quarter. Nakeisha Holcomb's basket with 4:39 left in the period pulled the Lady Wolves to within 47-45.
But Jones would recover and take a 62-49 lead with 1:10 left in the quarter on a 3-pointer by Tolefree. The Lady Bobcats led 62-50 going into the final period.
Nique Cherry's (Heidelberg) layup gave JCJC a 71-60 lead with 4:34 left.
But Co-Lin would rally.
A steal and layup by Brittany Rose cut the lead to 77-74 with 34.4 seconds to play.
Breonca Ducksworth's (West Jones) free throw gave Jones a 78-74 lead with 17.7 seconds remaining.
Rose scored to make it 78-76 with 11.1 seconds to play, but Tolefree's free throws would clinch it.
Tolefree led JCJC with 31 points, including a 10-for-10 night at the free throw line. The Ole Miss signee also made five 3-pointers.
Nique Cherry (Heidelberg) recorded her 14
th 'double-double' of the season with 17 points and 17 rebounds.
Camryn London (Birmingham, Alabama) had 15 points and Tassin finished with 10.
Tassin had 5 assists and Tolefree had 4 steals.
The Lady Bobcats were 22-of-62 from the field (8-of-21 from 3-point range) for 36 percent. JCJC was 28-of-39 from the free throw line.
Rose had 18 points for Co-Lin. Diamond Smith and Alexus Holt had 12 points each and Kyeonia Harris added 10.
Co-Lin was 31-of-74 from the floor (7-of-21 from 3-point range) for 42 percent. The Lady Wolves were 7-of-8 from the foul line.
Each team had 45 rebounds.
Jones travels to Utica to face Hinds at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The game will air on
www.hindsccsports.com.
Co-Lin hosts Mississippi Gulf Coast on Monday.
Thursday's game
ELLISVILLE
A.B. Howard Gymnasium
WOMEN
Jones County 80, Copiah-Lincoln 76
Copiah-Lincoln (14-3, 5-3) 13 14 23 26 – 76
Jones County (15-2, 8-0) 25 19 18 18 – 80
COPIAH-LINCOLN (76) – Brittany Rose 18, Diamond Smith 12, Alexus Holt 12, Kyeonia Harris 10, Nakeisha Holcomb 8, T'Kyra Hicks 8, Karry Callahan 6, Alexandria Patton 2.
JONES COUNTY (80) –
Alexis Tolefree 31,
Nique Cherry 17,
Camryn London 15,
K.K. Tassin 10,
Breonca Ducksworth 4,
ZaKyia Weathersby 3,
Mackenzie Thompson 0,
Madison Bishop 0.
