Coahoma 75, at Northeast Mississippi 81

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (Interstat) — The Northeast Mississippi Tigers used a dominant performance on the glass and at the free-throw line to outlast the Coahoma Tigers 81-75 in a men’s junior college basketball game Tuesday night. In a matchup of teams sharing the same nickname, Northeast Mississippi improved to 7-6 overall by overcoming an early offensive surge from Coahoma, which fell to 5-1. The game’s most critical sequence came in the final minute, with Northeast Mississippi clinging to a 79-77 lead. After a Coahoma turnover with 21 seconds remaining, Northeast Mississippi’s Zane Tipler sank a clutch jump shot with 48 seconds… Read more...