Men's Basketball | 2/6/2018 1:26:00 AM

UTICA – Malik Henry (Terry) and Winceton Edwards (Oak Grove) combined for 34 points in the second half to spark Jones County to a 93-81 decision over Hinds Community College here Monday night at J.D. Boyd Gymnasium.
JCJC is now 10-8 overall and 5-4 in division play.
The game was knotted at 37-37 at halftime, but the Bobcats took the lead for good at 42-40 with 18:33 left on a Henry 3-pointer. A finger roll by Edwards gave Jones a 54-43 lead with 14:24 to play.
An Edwards' 3-pointer from the right corner gave JCJC its longest of the second half at 72-59 with 6:07 remaining.
But Hinds made it interesting late.
Enrique Milton scored and was fouled with 2:03 left to make it 81-75. JCJC was called for a technical foul and Nakia Rivers made both shots to make it 81-77. But Milton then missed his free throw that would have cut the lead to three.
Michael Williams (Rayville, Louisiana) then made two free throws, followed by a Quentin Pough (Wayne County) basket to put Jones up 85-77 with 1:37 remaining.
Henry then made a basket and connected on six straight free throws in the final 44 seconds to seal the win.
In the first half, Jones fell behind quickly 10-4, but would rally and take a 33-20 lead with 4:57 showing on a layup by Mason Daniels (Atlanta, Georgia).
But the Bulldogs went on a 17-4 run and tied the game at halftime.
Henry finished with 26 points and Edwards had 20. David McCoy (Meridian) and Williams finished with 11 points each.
Henry had 9 rebounds and Omar Steele (Laurel) had 7. McCoy had 4 assists and Williams had 3 steals.
The Bobcats were 30-of-58 from the field (7-of-18 from 3-point range) for 52 percent. Jones was 26-of-33 from free throw line with Henry having a 13-of-16 night.
Rivers had 29 points for the Bulldogs. Milton had 17 and Jason Smith had 13.
The Bulldogs were 24-of-62 from the field (11-of-29 from 3-point range) for 39 percent. Hind was 22-of-36 from the foul line.
The Bobcats outrebounded the Bulldogs, 36-29.
Hinds falls to 6-10 overall, 3-6 in the division.
The Bobcats travel to Pearl River for a 7:30 p.m. Thursday game, whioh will air on www.prccmedia.com.
Hinds visits Copiah-Lincoln on Thursday.
 
Monday's game
UTICA
J.D. Boyd Gymnasium
MEN
Jones County 93, Hinds 81
Jones County (10-8, 5-4)      37 56 – 93
Hinds (6-10, 3-6)                    37 44 – 81
JONES COUNTY (93) – Malik Henry 26, Winceton Edwards 20, David McCoy 11, Michael Williams 11, Mason Daniels 8, Shemar Johnson 7, Omar Steele 6, Kenneth Knight 2, Quentin Pough 2, David Gaines, Jr. 0.
HINDS (81) – Nakia Rivers 29, Enrique Milton 17, Jason Smith 11, Anthony Johnson 8, Johnnie Edwards 8, Parker Prater 4, Billy Thompson 2, Ivan Rodriguez 2.