Northeast Mississippi 74, at Hinds 87

RAYMOND, Miss. (Interstat) — The Hinds Eagles used a dominant first-quarter performance and a late surge to hold off the Northeast Mississippi Tigers 87-74 in a men’s junior college basketball game Monday night. Hinds, improving to 8-11, set the tone early with a blistering offensive display, shooting 59.6 percent from the floor for the game. The Eagles built a 40-27 lead after the first quarter, a margin the Tigers could never fully erase despite a valiant effort. Northeast Mississippi, which fell to 10-9, chipped away throughout the second quarter behind a game-high 28 points from Jalen Chandler. The Tigers cut… Read more...