Gulf Coast men 2nd midway through South play

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast opens the second half of the MACJC South schedule Thursday alone in second place in the division.

The Bulldogs head to Decatur for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff against East Central. The game will be streamed at https://www.eccc.edu/eccc-media.

Gulf Coast will play two more road games after the trip to face the Warriors, and the Bulldogs will have played six of their previous seven away from Perk by the end of the run.

Records

• MGCCC: 13-2/5-2 MACJC South, 2nd place in standings
• ECCC: 6-10/1-6 MACJC South, T-7th place in standings

Last Time Out

• MGCCC got a floater from Dillyn Neely (So., Biloxi/Biloxi) with 6.2 seconds left to beat Hinds 70-69 on Monday. D'yasmond Booker (Fr., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) had 26 points and 11 rebounds.
• East Central lost 84-68 at Southwest on Monday. Kareen Thompson had 14 points to lead the Warriors.

Previous Meeting

Gulf Coast beat East Central 102-90 on Dec. 9 in Perkinston to open division play. Neely had 29 points, including 7-of-9 shooting from the 3-point arc.

Quotable

"We're playing like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depending on which team shows up. If I have a focused team, I think we can get stuff done. If I have an unfocused team, we make it rough on ourselves. They're starting to understand what needs to be done, the focus they need to have, the level they have to play at. We're just trying to get to another level." – MGCCC coach Jason Harrison

Notes

• Gulf Coast ranks third in NJCAA Division I, allowing 61.5 points per game.
• D'yasmond Booker is second in the MACJC with 9.4 rebounds per game. He's 14th in the country with 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.

Three Ahead

• Monday, Feb. 3, at Copiah-Lincoln, Wesson, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 6, at Southwest, Summit, 7:30 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 10, vs. Meridian, Perkinston, 7:30 p.m.

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