Lady Bulldogs season comes to a close with 78-68 loss at Itawamba

FULTON --- The Holmes Community College Lady Bulldogs' season came to a close after the Lady Bulldogs fell to the Itawamba Community College Lady Indians, 78-68, here Thursday night.

The Lady Bulldogs finished the season 9-14 overall and 5-7 in the North. The Lady Bulldogs had to defeat Itawamba, and Coahoma had to defeat Delta for the Lady Bulldogs to make the postseason as the North No. 4 seed. Coahoma defeated Delta in double overtime, but the Lady Bulldogs came up short vs. Itawamba.

Holmes led 13-10 after one period. Itawamba outscored Holmes 20-16 to lead 30-29 at halftime. Itawamba then outscored Holmes, 19-17, in the third and 29-22 in the fourth to pull out the win.

Holmes shot 37 percent from the floor (20-of-54) and 85.2 percent from the free-throw line (23-of-27).

Jekalen Jones led the Lady Bulldogs with 14 points while Christiana Harris and Janae Collier each had 13 points while Ja'Breonia Veasey had 12. MiKayla Patton led the Lady Bulldogs with 11 rebounds.

Sophomores Jones, Harris, Collier, Veasey, Patton and Myeisha Robinson played their final games as Lady Bulldogs.