Hoopsters eliminated in tournaments

Special to Wesson News

Co-Lin’s men’s and women’s basketball seasons ended in the Region 23 tournaments last month.

Pearl River knocked off the men in the first round in a decisive 80-56 victory, while the Lady Wolves made it to the quarterfinals before falling to Itawamba 71-44.

The men finished their season with 14-14 record, 7-7 in conference play and the women were 15-12, 6-8 in the conference.

Road games were the undoing of the men during the season.  At home, they posted a 10-4 record, but could only win three of 12 games when they were the visitors.  The women meanwhile had a 6-5 home record and were 7-7 on the road. 

During their season, the split wins and losses with Gadsden State, Shelton State, Bevill State, Delgado and East Central.  They also beat William Carey JV, Baton Rouge, Florida Coastal Prep, Mississippi Delta, East Mississippi, Holmes, Coahoma, Meridian and Southwest, while losing to Southern University-Shreveport, Itawamba, Northeast, Jones, Northwest, Hinds and Gulf Coast.  Pearl River upended them twice.

While beating LSU Eunice twice, the lady wolves also lost to them once and split wins and losses with Holmes and East Central.  They beat Phillips Community College and South Arkansas twice, posted single victories against Southern University-Shreveport, Mississippi Delta, East Mississippi, Northeast, Coahoma, Southwest and Hinds, lost to Baton Rouge and Itawamba twice and to Pearl River, Meridian, Jones, Northwest and Gulf Coast.

In their quarterfinal tournament loss, Itawamba dominated the lady wolves, outscoring them in the first quarter (20-8), second quarter (19-14), third quarter (17-13) and fourth quarter (15-9).

In her final game in a Lady Wolves uniform, Kamaiyah Pruitt (Pass Christian) led the way with a double-double performance of 24 points and 10 rebounds with the points leading all scorers while the rebounds were tied for the game lead.

In their first round tournament loss, the men led early 14-9 against Pearl River, but 8-2, 10-8, , 13-7, 12-5 and 17-9 scoring runs by the Wildcats sealed Co-Lin’s fate. LeBron Deal led the Wolves offensively with 17 points along with two rebounds, three assists, and two steals while Dylan Creggett had 11 points with one assist and three steals. Moustapha Salekh (Ngekoh, Senegal) narrowly missed a double-double with eight points and nine rebounds while Tyrell Bowles (Springdale, MD) also flirted with a double-double with seven points and seven rebounds. Morris Hammond (Ridgeland) had six points, Tristian Lucas (Pearl) had five points, and Caleb Crozier (Yazoo City) had two points to round out the scoring for the Wolves.