ELLISVILLE – Throw out the records.
Jones College took the lead for good late in the third quarter and went on to stun Coahoma, 83-73, here on a late Monday night at A.B. Howard Gymnasium.
Because of Coahoma travel issues and a scoreboard malfunction just prior to the game, the contest did not tip off until approximately 8:15 p.m. instead of the scheduled 5:30 p.m.
But the Bobcats were not fazed and handed Coahoma only its second MACCC loss of the season. The Tigers are now 20-3 overall, 10-2 in the conference.
Jones improved to 6-18, 3-9 in the MACCC.
Khalee Harrison's (Yazoo County) steal and layup with 1:30 left in the third quarter gave Jones the lead for good at 53-52. That ignited an 11-1 run, capped by another Harrison layup to put the Bobcats ahead, 62-53.
Coahoma's Toniah Watts made a layup with 7:05 left to cut the Bobcat lead to 66-59, but that was as close as the Tigers would get.
Zharia Leflore's (Neshoba Central) layup with 2:18 remaining gave the Bobcats their biggest lead of the night at 78-66.
Leflore paced six Bobcats in double figures with 21 points and seven steals.
Larissa Hubbard (Harrison Central) had 15 points and five rebounds and Harrison had 14 points.
Anna-Patrice Patterson (Bay Springs) had 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds and
Shay Hunter (Neshoba Central) had 11 points, six assists and four steals.
Teeale Wells (D'Iberville) added 10 points.
Carolina de Domingo (Spain) did not score, but dished out nine assists and had five steals.
The Bobcats forced a season-high 30 Coahoma turnovers, including 26 steals, and converted those into a whopping 40 points. Coahoma outrebounded Jones, 38-29.
Cayla Myers had 16 points for Coahoma. Kamil Washum had 14, Cy'Nara Robinson had 13, Ceriah Evans 12 and Jamaica Young added 10.
Jones shot 52 percent against 47 percent for CCC. The Tigers were 2-for-14 from deep.
The Bobcats travel to East Central for a 5:30 p.m. tip on Thursday, Feb. 27.
Jones ends the regular season at home on March 3 with a 5:30 tipoff against Hinds.
