Ciara Pettis
Dillon Day
Ciara Pettis scored a career-high 15 points, 11 of them from the free throw line, in a win over MDCC.
79
Mississippi Delta MDCCW 1-10, 0-2 MACJC
85
Winner Northwest NWCCW 6-6, 2-1 MACJC
Mississippi Delta MDCCW
1-10, 0-2 MACJC
79
Final
85
Northwest NWCCW
6-6, 2-1 MACJC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mississippi Delta MDCCW 17 17 29 16 79
Northwest NWCCW 18 24 24 19 85

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | by Brian Lentz

Lady Rangers Hold Off Mississippi Delta, 85-79

SENATOBIA – A career-high 15 point performance from Ciara Pettis, on 11-of-12 aim from the free throw line, helped lift Northwest to an 85-79 victory over Mississippi Delta on Thursday night at Howard Coliseum.

Northwest improved to 6-6 overall and 2-1 in the MACJC North Division, while MDCC dropped to 1-10 and 0-2 in the north.

After falling behind 9-4 early in the first quarter, the Lady Rangers cut the lead down to two with a Shelbi Buford three-pointer.

MDCC pushed the lead back up to three until a Pettis layup and a pair of Chrissah Shaw free throws put Northwest ahead 18-17 at the end of the opening period.

Northwest managed to stretch the lead to as much as 10 points in the second quarter and led by eight, 42-34, at halftime.

Six points from Asiah Ward helped the Lady Trojans cut the lead down to two early in the second half, but the Lady Rangers responded with a pair of three-pointers from Mercades Ward and Kayla Bradley and an additional layup from Ward to push the lead back to eight.

Mississippi Delta was far from finished, however, and sliced the lead down to 66-63 to conclude the third quarter.

Two minutes into the fourth, a jumper from Lollis allowed MDCC to regain the lead for the first time, 67-66, since the early stages of the second quarter.

That lead would be short-lived though, as Shaw's layup put the Lady Rangers ahead for good with 4:50 left to play.

MDCC continued to hang around for the remainder of the contest, but Northwest never surrendered the lead and held on for the 85-79 victory, snapping a three-game losing skid.

Buford and Brooke Walker scored 12 points apiece for the Lady Rangers, with all of Walker's points coming from three-point range.Ward and Abbreanna Miller added eight points each and combined for 11 rebounds, while Astraea Moore also came away with seven boards for Northwest.

Mississippi Delta was led by a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double from Lollis and 17 points from Ward. Sabrina White (13 pts.) and Alexis Augustus (11 pts.) also put up double figures for the Lady Trojans.

Northwest will travel to Holmes (7-5, 2-1 north) on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. in Goodman. Admission is free and the game will be streamed at holmesccmedia.com.