Bulldog women travel to Poplarville

PERKINSTON — The Mississippi Gulf Coast women will be trying to hand archrival Pearl River its first conference loss of the season Thursday in Poplarville.

Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. The game will be streamed at http://prccmedia.com/gold/.

Records

• MGCCC: 10-2/2-1 MACCC, T-4^th place in conference
• PRCC: 10-2/3-0 MACCC, T-1^st place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC waxed Northeast Mississippi 69-41 at Perk on Monday. Sharisse Bridges (So., Jackson/Callaway) had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs.
• Pearl River won 59-49 at Meridian on Monday. Otashae Burrage led the Wildcats with 14 points.

Previous Meeting

PRCC won the only meeting between the teams last season, winning 70-55 at Perk on Feb. 11, 2021. Bridges had 18 points and eight rebounds.

Notes

• Bridges ranks sixth in the MACCC with 8.6 rebounds per game.
• Elsie Harris is sixth in the conference with 3.8 assists per game.
• Aniya Saddler (54.3 percent) and Beverly Tillman (52.7 percent) are fifth and sixth in the league in field goal percentage. Tillman in ninth in free throw percentage (72.6 percent).
• Gulf Coast leads the conference in scoring (75.6 ppg), rebounds (51.7 rpg) and steals (12.2 spg). The Bulldogs are third in assists (14.4 apg).
• Gulf Coast is second in the NJCAA in rebounding.

Three Ahead

• Monday, Jan. 17: vs. Coahoma, Perkinston, 6 p.m.
• Thursday, Jan. 20: at East Central, Decatur, 6 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 24: vs. Hinds, Perkinston, 6 p.m.

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