Shelton State 78, at Pearl River 71

PEARL RIVER, Miss. (Interstat) — The Shelton State Buccaneers used a barrage of three-pointers and a decisive rebounding edge to hold off a relentless scoring performance from Pearl River’s Christian Gilliland, securing a 78-71 road victory in a men’s junior college basketball game Monday night. The game, a rematch of a Dec. 8 contest also won by Shelton State, was defined by contrasting offensive styles. The Buccaneers (8-3) built their advantage from beyond the arc, connecting on 15 of 32 attempts from three-point range. Pearl River (2-6), meanwhile, struggled from deep, making only 2 of 8, but stayed competitive by… Read more...