DECATUR – The north women defeated the south, 67-62, in the annual Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Basketball Game held Friday, April 15, at East Central Community College's Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building.

Coached by Sharon Thompson of East Mississippi Community College, the north used a strong second half to overcome a halftime deficit and earn the five-point victory. Bridgejae Patterson, a 6-foot-1 center from Northeast Mississippi Community College, earned MVP honors with 10 points for the north women.
 
Other all-stars scoring for the north were Tiffany Jones of Holmes Community College and Iyesha Mays of Itawamba Community College, 8 each; Tianna Germain of East Mississippi, Cortice Golden of Holmes, and Racquel Harper of Mississippi Delta Community College, 6 each; Ki-Ki Patterson of East Mississippi and Kelsey Brown of Northwest Mississippi Community College, 5 each; Eugenia Gilliam of Coahoma Community College and DaShiyah Agnew of Northeast, 4 each; Aja Williams of Holmes, 3; and Brianna Williams of Northwest, 2.
 
Wendion Bibbins of Jones County Junior College led the South women with 13 points. Other All-Stars scoring for the South team were Shaniqua Magee of Pearl River Community College, 11; Alexia McDonald of East Central Community College, 9; Annessia Durham of Hinds Community College, 7; Markeisha Watson of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 6; Alexis Collins of Copiah-Lincoln Community College, 5; Aliyah Bell of Jones County, 4; Teshia Jones of Southwest Mississippi Community College, 3; and Kalybriah Haskin of East Central and Gabriella Cortez of Southwest, 2 each.
 
Tomekia Reed of Hinds coached the South women.

A replay of both the women's and men's game is available at holmesccmedia.com.