The Mississippi College women’s basketball team recorded a season sweep of the University of Montevallo with an 80-64 win on Thursday evening in Montevallo, Ala. MC improved to 8-14 on the season and 4-12 in the Gulf South Conference. UM fell to 2-22 and 0-16 in the league. Turning Point Mississippi College opened with a 9-1 run…
Mississippi College and Delta State University have had a rivalry since 1935. The rivalry started as a football rivalry and slowly became a part of many other sports on campus. Each year the teams battle out in a fall football game where students chant “[b]eat the okra!” which is Delta State’s mascot. The same comes…
The Northeast Mississippi Community College men’s basketball program put itself into a good position during the fall semester of its 2017-18 season. The Tigers now have the chance to capitalize as they return for the spring term, which begins on Thursday, January 4 when West Kentucky Community and Technical College visits legendary Bonner Arnold Coliseum for a 7…
The Mississippi College men’s basketball team will open the 2018 portion of their schedule with a pair of Gulf South Conference games in A.E. Wood Coliseum. The Choctaws will host North Alabama on Tuesday (Jan. 2) and UAH on Thursday (Jan. 4), with both games scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. tip. The Choctaws and Lions…
Mississippi College athletic director Mike Jones has been selected for induction into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2018. The announcement was made at a recent press conference at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Jones will be joined in the Class of 2018 by Anna Jackson (Murrah women’s basketball coach), Lafayette…
The Mississippi College athletics department was represented well on the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges in 2017-18, placing 23 on the prestigious list of 89 total students at MC. Selections to Who’s Who Among Students are made each fall by individual schools. Campus nominating committees, created to nominate the upper-classmen and…
The Mississippi College men’s basketball team scored their most points since February 9, 2014 as they downed Southern University at New Orleans, 107-89, on Monday night in A.E. Wood Coliseum. The Choctaws won their second straight contest to improve to 2-2, while the Knights dropped to 1-4. TURNING POINT – With 8:23 remaining in the…
Mississippi College senior Chris Manning has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2017 C Spire Conerly Trophy, which annually honors the state’s top four-year college football player, it was announced on Monday (November 20). Manning (Section, Ala.), who started in the secondary in each of his four years with the program, led the Choctaws with 58 tackles, including…
2017 Premier Development League Southern Conference Champions, Mississippi Brilla, are pleased to announce that Mark McKeever will return as Head Coach for the 2018 season. McKeever, a native of Motherwell, Scotland, who has coached the men’s soccer team at Young Harris College for 13 seasons and turned the program into a NCAA Division II powerhouse,…
Denzel McDuffey showed out in what was his inaugural appearance with the Northeast Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team and his first game in well over a year. McDuffey scored 21 points to help the Tigers defeat Faith (Ark.) Prepatory Academy in their season opener 109-64 on Monday, November 6 inside legendary Bonner Arnold…