Men's Basketball | 1/25/2019 11:16:00 AM

ELLISVILLE – The Jones College Bobcats never trailed en route to an 81-68 win over Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College here Thursday night at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
Jones is now 11-4 overall and they are in sole possession of second place in the MACJC South Division at 5-1.
The Bobcats put together one of their most complete games of the year in knocking off the Bulldogs.
A Sayveon Bumpers (Quitman) 3-pointer put Jones up 16-9 with 14:05 to play in the first half. The Bobcats would take their longest lead of the opening half when Galen Alexander (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) scored at 5:54 to make it 30-19.
MGCCC came back and pulled within 33-30 with 1:47 to play in the half on a Dillyn Neely 3-pointer. Alexander's two free throws with 4.7 seconds left, gave Jones a 39-32 lead, but Neely hit a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to trim the lead to 39-35 at halftime.
Willie Logan's basket to start the second half cut the Jones' margin to 39-37, but the Bulldogs would get no closer.
A Winceton Edwards' (Oak Grove) layup capped a quick 8-0 run and put the Bobcats up 47-37 with 16:55 left. MGCCC scored six straight points to make it 47-43, but Casey Smith Jr.'s (Columbus) two free throws at 10:14 ended a 13-4 run and put the Bobcats ahead, 60-47.
The Bulldogs fought back and trimmed the lead to 62-56 with 6:40 remaining when Tafari Simms scored. But Edwards answered with a 3-pointer to make it 65-56 with 5:42 to play.
Jones would then pull away and take its longest lead at 81-65 with just 24.9 seconds left on two Kenneth Rogers (Starkville) free throws.
David McCoy (Meridian) led the Bobcats with 18 points, including four 3-pointers. Rogers and Edwards both had 13 points and three 3-pointers. Alexander and Smith scored 10 points each.
Neely paced MGCCC with 17 points. Simms and Keevon Oney each had 11 points.
The Bulldogs are now 12-3 overall, 4-2 in division play.
Jones ends  the first half of division play when they travel to Copiah-Lincoln for a 7:30 p.m. Monday game.
MGCCC entertains Hinds on Monday.
 
Thursday's game
Ellisville
A.B. Howard Gymnasium
MEN
Jones College 81, Mississippi Gulf Coast 68
Miss. Gulf Coast (12-3, 4-2)    35 33 – 68
Jones College (11-4, 5-1)        39 42 – 81
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST (68)– Dillyn Neely 17, Tafari Simms 11, Keevon Oney 11, Dajuan Moorer 9, LaRaymond Spivery 8, Jaylen Peters 4, Willie Logan 4, Phoenix Ford 3, Mykah Brown 1.
JONES COLLEGE (81)–David McCoy 18, Kenneth Rogers 13, Winceton Edwards 13, Galen Alexander 10, Casey Smith Jr. 10, Michael Williams Jr. 7, David Gaines Jr. 4, Tirus Smith 3, Sayveon Bumpers 3.