First-place Bulldogs face first-place Bears

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast is tied with Southwest atop the MACJC South standings, and the teams will play Monday at Summit to break the four-way tie. 

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. An audio broadcast of the game will be streamed at http://wazafm.com.

Records

• MGCCC: 10-1/2-0 MACJC South, T-1^st in division
• Southwest: 10-1/2-0 MACJC South, T-1^st in division

Last Time Out

• MGCCC extended its win streak to six games with a 75-59 win Thursday at Copiah-Lincoln. LaRaymond Spivery (So., Lucedale/George County) had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs.
• Southwest won 78-67 at Meridian behind 19 points from Jay Malone.


Previous Meeting

Dedoch Chan had 34 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 100-96 win over Southwest in Summit in the regular-season finale last year. Spivery had 27 points and nine assists.

Notes

• The Bulldogs rank third in points allowed, giving up just 60.7 per game.

• Gulf Coast ranks 28th in the country in defensive field goal percentage at 39.7 percent.
• DaJuan Moorer (So., Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic) is averaging 4.1 offensive rebounds per game, ninth best in the country.
• Spivery's 2.6 steals per game is 20^th-best in the country.

 Three Ahead

• Thursday, vs. Meridian, 7:30 p.m., Perkinston

• Jan. 22, vs. Pearl River, 7:30 p.m., Perkinston

• Jan. 24, at Jones, 7:30 p.m., Ellisville


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