1st-place Bulldogs host Delta on Thursday

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast, which is riding a five-game win streak, puts its unbeaten MACCC women's basketball record on the line Thursday.

Mississippi Delta visits Dantzler Arena for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff. Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

Records

• MGCCC: 11-3/4-0 MACCC, T-1^st place in conference
• Delta: 12-3/2-1 MACCC, T-6^th place in conference

Last Time Out

• Gulf Coast beat Jones 56-44 at Ellisville on Monday.
• Delta beat Meridian 59-58 at Clarksdale on Monday.

Previous Meeting

On Jan. 12, 2023, Gulf Coast beat Delta 58-50 at Perk. Simaru Fields had 23 points and four assists.

Notes

• MGCCC leads the MACCC with 29.2 defensive rebounds per game. The Bulldogs are second in field-goal attempts (65.6 per game) and field goal defense (33.7 percent), and they're third in 3-pointers (5.7 per game), rebounds (42.3 rpg), assists (14.9 apg) and 3-point defense (25.7 percent).
• Ja'Sharreah Hunt (So., Roxie/Franklin County) is seventh in the conference in 3-point shooting (36.2 percent) and eighth in free-throw shooting (76.7 percent).
• Simaru Fields (So., Pass Christian/Gulfport) is sixth in scoring (15.4 ppg), fifth in 3-pointers (32), seventh in assists (53) and eighth in steals (36).
• Je'Mya Evans (So., Gulfport/Harrison Central) is sixth in the league in field goals made (81).
• Tytiana Buckley (So., Meridian/Meridian) is eighth in the league in rebounds (7.5 rpg).

Three Ahead

• Monday, Feb. 5: at Northeast Mississippi, Booneville, 5:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 8: vs. Pearl River, Poplarville, 5:30 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 12: at Coahoma, Clarksdale, 5:30 p.m. 

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