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     POPLARVILLE   Pearl River Community College swept Delgado in men's and
women's basketball action here Thursday in M.R. White Coliseum.
     The Wildcats topped the century mark for the first time this season with a 106-84 victory
to improve to 12-6 overall, while the Lady Wildcats avenged an earlier lopsided loss to the Lady
Dolphins with a 74-49 win to improve to 7-11. Both DCC squads dropped to 10-12.
     In the men's game, the high-scoring affair came as no surprise as the Wildcats claimed a
93-90 victory in the two teams' first match-up in New Orleans, but no one expected Pearl River's
complete dominance this time around.
     PRCC trailed for the first 5 minutes, but back-to-back 3-pointers by All-State forward
Lamayn Wilson gave The River a 14-11 lead and it never relinquished it. The Dolphins fought
back to within 3   27-24   midway into the half, but the 'Cats answered with a 26-18 run to
end the half on top 53-42. All-State forward Neal Broome of Bassfield scored 12 straight points
during one stretch of the first half.
     The second half was all Pearl River's. The Wildcats opened-up with a 20-6 run to grab its
largest lead of the night   25 points (73-48)   with some 13 minutes left. PRCC hit the century
mark when Hattiesburg freshman Tavares Allen hit his only bucket of the game with 2:35
remaining to make things 100-80.
     Wilson finished with a game-high 36 points, including 7 treys and 6 rebounds, while
Broome added 32 and had 11 boards. Marcus Millhouse of Selma, Ala., scored 19 points,
grabbed a game-high 16 boards, and had 5 assists and 2 steals. Nick Shattles of Hattiesburg
(Forrest County AHS) scored 4, Jason Broom of Sumrall 3, and Junior Davis, Allen, and Artrise
(Freeze) Stampley had 2 a piece. Stampley also led PRCC with 5 assists.
     Jerome LaGrange paced Delgado with 17 points, while Lamont Turner had 15, Corey
Johnson 14, Willie Clark 11, Eddrin Williams 10, Courtney Butler 9, Chris Deville 4, and John
Myles 2.
     From the free-throw line, PRCC was 16 of 20 (80 percent), while DCC was 6 of 8 (75
percent).
     Back in November, the Lady Dolphins pounded the Lady Wildcats 70-44 in New Orleans,
but this go-around it was all PRCC. Pearl River scored 18 points in the first 9 minutes before
DCC's Dawn Winn, who hit 6 treys in the first meeting, sank a pair of free throws for the Lady
Dolphins first points of the night with 10:50 left in the first half.
     The Lady Wildcats led by as much as 21 in the first half and 25 in the second half.
     All-State forward LaKita Robertson of Thibodeaux, La., hit a season-high 20 points and
hauled-in 7 rebounds, while Nichole Hearns of Miami, Fla., added 15 and had 8 assists. Mindy
Ladner of Perkinston (Hancock County) exited in the first half with a knee injury, but managed 9
points, while Lori DeSilvey of Kiln (Hancock County) added 8 and had 3 steals. Laura Walters of
Petal had 6, Kizzie Mark of Sandy Hook (West Marion) and Alicia Gavagnie of Bay St. Louis
(Bay High), 4 each; Sarah Nabours of Poplarville, Quinisea Hatten of Hattiesburg (North
Forrest), and Tamikia Hartfield of Hattiesburg (North Forrest), 2 a piece; and Kara Primes of
Poplarville and Shana Caldwell of Lumberton (Sumrall), 1 each. Gavagnie also grabbed 7 boards
and had 5 assists.
     For DCC, Winn finished with 19 points and 5 rebounds, while Latasha James had 10
points and 5 boards. Rachel Guidry scored 9, Reanna Bethencourt 6, Rashanda Lastle 3, and
Crescent Washington 2.
     From the foul line, PRCC was 18 of 27 (67 percent), while DCC was 9 of 14 (64 percent).
     Pearl River eyes three straight division games to end the regular season following
Saturday afternoon's non-division battles with Mississippi Delta (women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.). The
Wildcats, 5-3 in division play and Lady 'Cats, 4-4, take on nationally-ranked Copiah-Lincoln
Monday, then Mississippi Gulf Coast next Thursday, and Southwest Monday, February 7, to
wrap-up the regular season (women 6 p.m., men 8 p.m.). The 2000 MACJC South Division
Tournament will be played February 14-17 at Hinds-Utica in Utica.