Coahoma falls to National Park 66-61 in overtime

Coahoma Community College’s women’s basketball team fell to National Park College 66-61 in overtime Saturday, Nov. 7, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Nighthawks 17-11 in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime, where National Park took control with a 14-9 advantage.

Coahoma led 10-9 after the first period before National Park edged ahead 21-20 by halftime. The teams traded leads in the second half before the Lady Tigers’ fourth-quarter push tied the game.

McKayla Jones paced Coahoma with 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and added four rebounds. Brown posted 12 points and a game-high 18 rebounds, 10 on the offensive end. Kiarra Thompson had nine points and 10 rebounds, while Kirsten Johnson also scored nine points and collected six rebounds.

Jeneva Gregory finished with seven points, five rebounds and four assists. Raygan Faulkner scored six points, all on 3-pointers. Coahoma outrebounded National Park 59-53 and recorded 14 assists and nine 3-pointers.

National Park’s Disyah Christon led all scorers with 26 points and added 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals. Wila Davis scored 15 points, and Angel Watson had 10.

Coahoma’s next scheduled game was Thursday, Nov. 12, at home against Three Rivers, with tipoff listed for 5:30 p.m. The game was set to include Girls Youth Sport Night.

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