January 30, 2012
ELLISVILLE – Co-Lin's Jasmine James hit a layup with 21.9 seconds left and Chanta Poole added a free throw with 1.6 seconds remaining to lift the Lady Wolves to a 72-70 victory over the Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats in South Division action. The Lady Wolves improve to 13-3 overall and remain unbeaten in the division at 6-0. JCJC falls to 10-6 overall and 4-2 in the South. Co-Lin hosts Southwest Mississippi on Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. Watch live at www.colinathletics.com or listen on WMJU 104.3 FM in Brookhaven.
Lady Wolves 72, Lady Bobcats 70
The Lady Bobcats outplayed the Lady Wolves in the first half taking 34-27 lead at intermission.
Co-Lin went on a 21-10 run in the first 8 minutes of the second half to take a 43-42 lead. The lead would change hands eight times over the next nine-plus minutes. The Lady Wolves went on a 12-0 run and took a 69-60 lead with 2:42 left when Vintrice Briggs hit a 3-pointer from the corner.
But the Lady Bobcats responded with a 10-0 run of its own and took a 70-69 lead with 53.9 seconds to play when La’Porsche Jones made a layup.
James scored to give the Lady Wolves a 71-70 lead. After a Lady Bobcat miss, Co-Lin played keep away until Poole was fouled and made the second of 2 free throws.
The Lady Bobcats had one last opportunity inbounding the ball, but time expired before they could take a shot.
The Co-Lin bench out-scored JCJC 22-0 and out-shot the Lady Bobcats 53 percent (29-of-55) to 45 percent (24-of-53).
James had a team-high 15 points for Co-Lin. Jasmine Belton followed with 14 points and led the team in rebounding with 9 boards. Keosha Bradley chipped in 11 points, dished out 7 assists and made 6 steals. Chanta Poole and Tiffany Sims had 4 steals apiece. Poole also pulled down 6 rebounds.
Alecia Autman scored a game-high 26 points for the Lady Bobcats. Kasey McKinney added 17 points followed by Lauren Douglas with 12. Terrenisha Hollis had 9 points and 7 rebounds, while Douglas had five assists.
