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     POPLARVILLE   Pearl River Community College split with Copiah-Lincoln in men's
and women's South Division basketball action here Monday in M.R. White Coliseum.
     The Lady Wildcats upset the nationally-ranked Lady Wolves 72-60, avenging a 74-51
disaster November 18 in Wesson to improve to 8-11 overall and 5-4 in division play, while the
Wildcats fell 79-70, dropping to 12-7 and 5-4. Co-Lin's women fell to 18-3 and 5-3, while the
men improved to 16-4 and 5-3.
     In women's action, CLCC led 22-20 with 2:00 left in the first half, but Nichole Hearns
sank a 2 and a 3 to give PRCC the lead for good. Ann Webster bucketed 2 free throws to pull the
Lady Wolves within 1 with 10:50 left, but PRCC answered with a 20-13 run, paced by Laura
Walters 12 points, to put the Lady Wildcats up 57-49 with 4:20 left.
     Co-Lin, which leads the division and is ranked No. 10 in the nation, never recovered.
PRCC led by 11 twice during the remaining time and Quinisea Hatten's 2 free throws in the final
seconds ended the scoring and gave the Lady 'Cats their largest lead of the night at 12. Hearns
and Walters were 6-for-6 from the foul line, while Hatten was 1-for-5 before sinking 4 straight.
     Hearns finished with a game-high 20 points (2 treys), 6 assists, and 6 rebounds; while
Walters had 16 points and 7 boards. Hatten hit for a career-high 15 points, hauled-in 14 rebounds,
and had 4 assists; while Lori DeSilvey scored 6, LaKita Robertson 5, Shana Caldwell and Kizzie
Mark, 3 each; and Sarah Nabours and Alicia Gavagnie, 2 each. Mark also had 11 boards.
     Rusti Smith paced Co-Lin with 15 points (3 treys), while Webster had 13, Victoria Mason
16, Melanie Fairchild 7 (1 trey), Erica Bennett 5, Sheritha Simmons 3, and Tiffany Dales and
Chastidy Sandifer, 2 each. Webster, Sandifer, and Rolisha Brown each had 6 boards, while
Shanequa Dennie had 6 assists.
     From the free-throw line, PRCC was 26 of 35 (74 percent), while CLCC was 12 of 23 (52
percent).
     In men's action, Co-Lin led until Artrise (Freeze) Stampley's bucket gave PRCC a 19-18
edge with 6:10 left in the first half, then Neal Broome scored 6 straight to make things 25-22.
Brandon Dickerson ended CLCC's first-half scoring with a trey and 2-pointer, while Doug Green
hit 1 of 2 foul shots. PRCC trailed 27-26 at the intermission.
     Pearl River never regained the lead. Nick Shattles hit 2 free throws and a trey to tie things
at 36 just over 4 minutes into the second half. With 5:05 left, Taboris Lindsey sank 4 free throws
and a field goal to pull the Wildcats within 2   57-55   but the Wolves ended the goings-on
with a 22-15 run.
     Lamayn Wilson led PRCC with 23 points, including 4 treys, while Broome added 17 (2
treys) and had 6 rebounds. Lindsey scored 10 (4 rebounds), Shattles 9 (4 rebounds), Green 4 (1
trey, 3 assists), Stampley 4 (4 assists), and Marcus Millhouse 3.
     For Co-Lin, Dickerson led with 24 points, while Barry Whitley had 22 (4 treys), Elwood
Brown 11, Gariel Brownlee 9, Curtis Walker 7, and Marcus Calcote and Rod Haynes, 3 each.
     From the free-throw line, PRCC was 10 of 13 (77 percent), while CLCC was 14 of 22 (64
percent).
     PRCC travels to Perkinston to take on Mississippi Gulf Coast Thursday, when hosts
Southwest Monday to end the regular season. Both are South Division games. Women's action
gets underway at 6 p.m., followed by the men's at 8 p.m.