MGCCC will be 7-seed in R23 Tourney

Mississippi Gulf Coast will head into the NJCAA Region 23 Women's Basketball Tournament as the seventh seed after dropping its regular-season finale 53-43 at Copiah-Lincoln.

The Bulldogs head into the postseason with a 13-13 record overall, 7-7 in the MACCC. They tied with Southwest and Meridian for sixth in the final conference standings, losing the tiebreaker to the Bears and finishing ahead of the Eagles.

Gulf Coast will host Holmes in the first round on Thursday. Tipoff time at Dantzler Arena will be determined Tuesday. The Bulldogs beat Holmes 67-51 at Goodman on Jan. 16.

Kristen McMillan (So., Hoover, Ala./Hoover) led Gulf Coast with 13 on Monday. Dekyra Mitchell (Fr., Durant/Holmes County) and Tamia Yates (So., Crystal Springs/Crystal Springs) had 10 each. Yates led all players with 13 rebounds to get a double-double.

Co-Lin (15-14, 5-9) turned a halftime deficit into a big advantage after a 13-2 run out of the locker room had them up 35-23.

Gulf Coast got it to 40-39 with an 11-0 run to start the fourth quarter, punctuated by layup by Teairra Lee (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin) with 6:50 left, but couldn't retake the lead.

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