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Heritage girls will try to build on loss

Posted 2/15/2012 in High School Sports

The future begins today. Yandell Harris believes the Heritage Academy girls basketball team can challenge for the top spot in the North Half. For the Lady Patriots to accomplish that goal, Harris said his players will have to learn from a 40-23 loss to Hillcrest Christian on Tuesday in the first round of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA, Division II tournament in Columbus.

Seasons end for Starkville girls, Columbus boys

Posted 2/15/2012 in High School Sports

The Starkville High School girls basketball season ended Tuesday with a 62-59 loss at Center Hill in the first round of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State tournament.

Florida beats short-handed Alabama

Posted 2/15/2012 in College Sports

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Playing the University of Alabama men's basketball team without its two biggest standouts, the No. 14 University of Florida had no problem making up for its missing players. Patric Young took advantage of the Crimson Tide's suspension-depleted frontcourt with 19 points and the Gators won 61-52 Tuesday night.

Starkville boys open with playoff game at home

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

STARKVILLE - Gavin Ware knows what it is like to sit on the bench and watch his teammates try to win playoff games without him. The Starkville High senior center is using the helpless feeling he endured last year after he suffered a severe knee injury before the beginning of the Class 6A postseason.

Lady Bulldogs still with hopes of postseason

Posted 2/14/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- Maybe this is the best situation for the Mississippi State University women's basketball team. Last season, the Lady Bulldogs regrouped from three months of ups and downs to play their best basketball. Even though MSU only went 5-5 in the final two months, it showed positive building blocks en route to a 13-17 finish.

EMCC edges Meridian CC in OT; win streak now at 14

Posted 2/14/2012 in College Sports

SCOOBA - It took an extra session, but the 19th-ranked East Mississippi Community College men's basketball team extended its current winning streak to 14 consecutive games with a 68-64 overtime home triumph over Meridian Community College Monday night at EMCC's Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.

Pickens Academy stands two wins from state title

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

CARROLLTON, Ala. -- Wade Goodman admits he demands a lot from his players. A year ago, the teamwork and selflessness Goodman asks of his Pickens Academy girls basketball team were tough to adjust to. The transition from Alabama Independent School Association Class AA champion in 2010 to rebuilding team in 2011 was difficult enough.

Balance means wins for West Point: Trio earns Player of Week honors

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

WEST POINT -- Most high school basketball coaches have a general idea who will be their leading scorer on most nights. West Point High boys basketball coach Brad Cox is not in that group.

LADY FALCONS SOAR: Columbus High wins playoff opener

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

Angela Reynolds knew about Kiandria Patterson and Maggie Proffitt. The Northwest Rankin High School girls basketball coach didn't know the rest of the players on the Columbus High team had improved so much.

Bracewell gets nod in MSU season opener

Posted 2/14/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE - Ben Bracewell's comeback from labrum surgery will be completed with the redshirt sophomore getting the opening day pitching start Friday night. Mississippi State's right-handed pitcher will be the first to take the mound in the 2012 season when the Bulldogs open up with the first of a three-game series against Washington State at 6 p.m. Friday.

Bulldogs look for bounce-back win at LSU

Posted 2/14/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- Following the most disappointing performance of the 2011-12 season, Mississippi State Rick Stansbury knew exactly where to turn to steady the locker room. The 14-year head coach went straight to his senior point guard that happens to be a co-captain on this Bulldogs squad in Dee Bost.

West Point girls eliminated from playoffs

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

JACKSON -- The West Point High School girls basketball team's run came to an end too soon. If not for having to play against Oxford High and Jackson Lanier, the top two teams in the state in Class 5A, coach Murray Woody feels his team still would be alive.

Columbus thankful for chance at second season

Posted 2/14/2012 in High School Sports

The fact that the Columbus High School boys basketball team has a chance means everything to coach Sammy Smith. While so many other teams have collected uniforms and put the basketballs away for the season, Columbus has a chance at 7 tonight against Jackson Jim Hill in the first round of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A North State tournament simply because it has a chance.

Johnson, Porter help MSU rally past Ole Miss in OT

Posted 2/13/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- Diamber Johnson and Porsha Porter have been the engine that drives the Mississippi State University women's basketball team all season. When the senior guards are on, the Lady Bulldogs can compete with any team in the Southeastern Conference. When they struggle, MSU can get stuck in neutral and look like a team searching for answers.

Georgia stuns No. 20 MSU

Posted 2/11/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- Mississippi State University men's basketball coach Rick Stansbury's body language after Saturday's upset loss at home to the University of Georgia told the story. The 14-year coaching veteran had no answer why his team had no energy and his players had no respect for a Georgia team that walked away from a stunned crowd of 7,610 at Humphrey Coliseum with a 70-68 overtime victory.

MSU offers no excuses for lack of energy

Posted 2/11/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- With the exception of one game against the University of Mississippi, it was the same formula for the Mississippi State University men's basketball team but a different result Saturday. MSU, which had walked the tight rope in four straight Southeastern Conference home wins by five points or less, finally had its dangerous habit of allowing inferior opponents hang around catch up with it against a University of Georgia team that entered the game 11th in the 12-team league.

Maholm relates memories in return to MSU

Posted 2/11/2012 in College Sports

STARKVILLE -- With his image plastered on the side of Dudy Noble Field, Mississippi State University fans continue to wonder when the next Paul Maholm will take the mound in Starkville. With that question still unanswered, Maholm returned to Starkville on Saturday for MSU's First Pitch banquet, which signifies the start of the 2012 campaign.

Holloway leads Ole Miss past Auburn

Posted 2/11/2012 in College Sports

OXFORD -- The Universty of Mississippi's Murphy Holloway, seeing his men's basketball team's postseason hopes in danger, picked the right time to have the most productive offensive outburst of his career. Holloway scored 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had 14 consecutive second half points Saturday night to help Ole Miss defeat Auburn University 61-54 to enhance the Rebels' hopes for an NCAA tournament berth.

CHS girls ready for any tempo

Posted 2/11/2012 in High School Sports

The Columbus High School girls basketball team is ready to take the next step. Whether the Lady Falcons take that step quickly -- thanks to a push of the ball from Kiandria Patterson or Daisha Williams -- or they slow down and do it a little more deliberately -- capped by a 3-pointer by Maggie Proffitt -- remains to be seen.

Fanning-Otis wants MSU women to take next step

Posted 2/11/2012 in College Sports

Sharon Fanning-Otis is waiting for the Mississippi State women's basketball team to take the next step. The veteran coach sees her team making progress, but she also knows time is running out. With five games remaining in the regular season, MSU (13-11, 3-8 Southeastern Conference) has little room for error as it prepares to play host to the University of Mississippi at 2:30 p.m. today (SportSouth) at Humphrey Coliseum.

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