MGCCC Women celebrate sophomores Thursday

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast closes out its women's basketball regular season Wednesday with Sophomore Night at the Weathers-Wentzell Center.

Ceremonies before the East Mississippi game will start at 5:45 p.m. The game will be streamed at https://livestream.com/mgcccbulldogs/events/10165840.

Gulf Coast has been eliminated from contention for the MACCC Tournament and will start pointing toward the NJCAA Region 23 Tourney.

Records

• MGCCC: 13-9/5-8 MACCC, 11^th place in conference
• EMCC: 11-10/8-5 MACCC, 8^th place in conference

Last Time Out

• Gulf Coast got beat by a 3-pointer at the buzzer on Monday, falling 72-71 to Copiah-Lincoln in Wesson.
• East Mississippi beat Meridian 71-68 on Monday in Scooba.

Previous Meeting

Gulf Coast lost 53-47 to East Mississippi in the MACJC quarterfinals in Scooba.

Notes

• Gulf Coast is sixth in the country in free-throw attempts (24.1/game) and ninth in made free throws (15.3/game). The Bulldogs are 11^th in field goal defense (33.3 percent).
• Gulf Coast leads the MACCC in defensive rebounds (27.9 rpg) and total rebounds (43.2 rpg). The Bulldogs are third in field goal defense (33.3 percent) and 3-point defensive (25.5 percent).
• Aniya Saddler is seventh in the MACCC in field goal shooting (47.0 percent).
• Sharisse Bridges is seventh in the MACCC in rebounding (8.0 rpg).
• TK Catchings is fifth in the league in offensive rebounding (3.7 rpg).
• Elsie Harris is eighth in the league in assists (3.4 apg).
• Morgyn Payne is is eighth in the league in steals (2.0 spg) and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6).

Up next

• NJCAA Region 23 Tournament, Feb. 26-March 5

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