JONES, Miss. (Interstat) — The Jones Bobcats defeated the Bishop State Wildcats 97-85 in a men’s junior college basketball game Thursday night. Jones used a 57-point first quarter to build a lead and held off a 25-point performance from Bishop State’s Vophcy Prophete.

Keron Jackson and Bob Dickson each scored 19 points for the Bobcats, who improved to 7-2. Jeremiah Sem added 19 points for the Wildcats, who fell to 1-4. Jones shot 48.4% from the floor and outrebounded Bishop State 45-38.