ELLISVILLE – Daja Woodard (Mobile, Alabama) and LaMiracle Sims (Moss Point) each had double-doubles to help No. 9 Jones College to a 72-59 victory over East Central here Monday night at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
 
Woodard had 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Sims had 10 points and 12 rebounds. 
 
Sims now has 10 double-doubles on the season and Woodard has six. It was the third consecutive double-double for each player.
 
The Bobcats are now 17-2 overall and 11-0 in the MACJC South Division and have won 11 straight games.
 
Destiny Haymer (Holmes County Central) gave Jones the lead for good at 8-6 on a jumper with 6:41 left in the first quarter. The Bobcats led 24-17 after one period.
 
A Haymer layup at 4:51 of the second quarter capped a 7-0 run and put Jones ahead, 35-21. The Bobcats led 42-23 at halftime.
 
Jones took its longest lead at 50-26 with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter on a Keyara Jones (Heidelberg) jumper. The Bobcats led 61-42 after three quarters.
 
The Bobcats matched their longest lead at 66-42 when Woodard scored with 7:18 left.  ECCC battled back to within 70-59 with 40 seconds left on a Jariyah Covington free throw.
 
Haymer had 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds. Jatyjia Jones (Pontotoc) had seven points and nine rebounds and Chyna Allen (Harrison Central) and Keyara Jones each had nine points.
 
The Bobcats were 29-of-70 from the field for 41 percent. 
 
Jones held a 52-37 edge on the boards, outrebounding ECCC by 15 in the second half.
 
Covington had 20 points for the Warriors, Mylisha Hammond added 11 and KeiMoya Walker added 10.
 
ECCC was 23-of-66 from the field for 35 percent. 
 
Jones visits Southwest at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. 
 
East Central, 8-12 and 3-8, hosts Meridian on Thursday.