SCOOBA, Miss. (Interstat) — Copiah-Lincoln edged East Mississippi 69-68 in a men’s junior college basketball game Thursday night. The visiting Wolves improved to 5-4 overall, while the Lions fell to 8-6.

Copiah-Lincoln built a narrow 32-34 halftime lead and held on through a tense second half. East Mississippi, which had been favored to win according to Interstat’s ELO system, could not complete a final possession to overtake the Wolves. The Lions were led by Ace McKinnie. Both teams shot evenly from the floor in the tightly contested matchup. Copiah-Lincoln next hosts Holmes on Jan. 20, while East Mississippi travels to face Pearl River the same day.