FULTON, MS – The ICC Lady Indians cruised to an 88-59 victory over the Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats while the Indians dropped a 93-86 decision in the nightcap.
Sophomore point guard LaPrecious Naylon scored a team-high 23 points and dished out 11 assist while Vechatita Bonner added her own double-double performance with 17 points and 11 rebounds to help the Lady Indians improve to 9-2 in impressive fashion.
Jameika Hoskins added 13 and Shay Bonner chipped 10 points as every active player on the roster put points on the board.
“This is how we were hoping to come off the Christmas break,” said ICC Lady Indian head coach Nanci Gray. “The girls really worked hard on their own during the break to stay in shape and it showed in the way they all played tonight.”
The Indians pulled within six points in the final minutes of the game, but saw timely offensive rebounds and made free throws allow the Bobcats to pull away down the stretch for 93-86 victory.
“We looked really sluggish,” said Coach Marty Cooper. “It’s tough to come off a break and play a team as physical as Jones when you haven’t been working to stay in shape during the break. They out hustled us on the boards and made the plays they needed to make to be able to leave with the win.”
Anthony McDonald scored a game-high 21 points and Quintin Lee added 16 with Deontaye Ewing scoring 13 and Nick Moncure recording a double-double performance with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The highly anticipated debut of former Parade All-American DJ Gardner saw the freshman from Okolona score 15 points.
ICC will host Co-Lin Community College on Thursday with the Lady Indians tipping at 5:00 p.m. and the Indians scheduled to follow at 7:00 p.m.
For more information on ICC basketball and the eight other intercollegiate athletic programs visit the college website at www.iccms.edu.
