SCOOBA – One of the nation's top scorers, EMCC's Jarekious Bradley, scored 21 points and added 10 boards to help the Lions run away with an 87-64 win over Northwest Monday night and clinch a fourth straight MACJC North Division Championship. | Box Score

EMCC improved to 17-5 overall and 9-2 in the north division while Northwest fell to 15-6 overall and 7-4.

Northwest threw its best punch in the first half when they erased an early deficit and took their largest lead of the game at 19-10 with 13:46 to play in the period thanks to a 16-4 run.

EMCC responded with an 11-0 run to retake the lead, 21-20, and used seven straight points from Bradley.

With the game tight the ensuing 6 minutes and EMCC clinging to a two point lead, a big spurt right before the halftime buzzer shifted the momentum completely in favor of the home team.

A 3-pointer by Micah Walker and back-to-back thunder dunks by Keynan Pittman and A.J. Wade capped a 9-2 run in the final 1:15 of the period to give EMCC a 45-36 lead at the break. 

Northwest outshot EMCC 50 to 46 percent in the half but trailed by nine.

Jacolby Mobley's 3-pointer to open the second half put the Lions ahead by double figures, and the deficit would only balloon for Northwest the final 19 minutes of regulation.

The lead grew to as many as 25 with 7:12 to play and Northwest was held without a field goal the final 2:40.

EMCC owned a 44-26 edge on the glass and picked up 24 assists on 34 field goals.

DeMarcus McVay led Northwest with 16 points and seven rebounds in addition to Charles Eaton with 14 and Domonique Harris with 10. Bernard Jones added eight points in 12 minutes off the bench.

Behind Bradley's 21, EMCC had three other scorers in double figures.

Northwest has already clinched the north's No. 2 seed in next week's state tournament and will close out the regular season on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. against Holmes.

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