Tytiana Buckley Repeats as Player of the Week, Nick Walker Picks Up Men's Basketball Honors

Tytiana Buckley Repeats as Player of the Week, Nick Walker Picks Up Men's Basketball Honors
February 20, 2024
Women's Basketball
Tytiana Buckley, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
(So, G - Meridian, 24)

Tytiana Buckley, a sophomore guard from Meridian, shot the lights out on the way to a 25-point night in a 63-57 win over East Central. She also had a 13-point, 11-rebound double-double in a 66-60 win at Coahoma. Buckley made 5-of-7 from behind the arc against ECCC and shot 60 percent from long range for the week. 

 

Men's Basketball
Nick Walker, East Mississippi Community College
(So., F - Hattiesburg, MS, 10)

EMCC's Nick Walker averaged a double-double (19 ppg & 10.5 rpg), while shooting 56% (14-25 FGs) from the field and 83% (10-12 FTs) from the line, during the Lions' 2-0 week. He opened the week by recording his 19th career double-double with a career-high 27 points (10-16 FGs & 7-8 FTs) and 13 rebounds in EMCC's 91-72 road win over Jones. Walker followed with 11 points and eight boards during the Lions' 64-52 home victory over Mississippi Delta.

 

Softball
Lauren Mounce, Southwest Mississippi Community College
(Fr, P - New Orleans, LA, 7)

Freshman Lauren Mounce had an outstanding week for the Lady Bears helping to lead them to a 2-0 mark. In Tuesday's 6-2 win at John Melvin, she pitched all 7 innings finishing with an incredible 16 strikeouts which is 1 shy of tying the Southwest school record. She also gave up only 5 hits, 2 runs (1 earned). She had an even greater performance in Friday's 8-0 win vs Andrew College by pitching a perfect game and striking out 12 over 6 innings of work.

 

Tabitha Mayfield, Meridian Community College
(Sophomore, C - Ocean Springs, 9)

Sophomore Tabitha Mayfield led the Lady Eagles offensively this week, batting .750 with 3 home runs, 1 double, and 8 RBIs. Her offensive performances led MCC to a 4-0 record this week.

 

Baseball
Lincoln Sheffield, Hinds Community College
(So, P/INF - Flowood, MS, 25)

Sheffield was dominant on the bump for the Eagles as he threw a complete game and struck out 10 batters.

 

Gates Gerhart, East Mississippi Community College
(So., 1B - Columbus, MS, 14)

EMCC's Gates Gerhart went 6-for-9 at the plate with four home runs, a double and 14 runs batted in during the Lions' home-and-home doubleheader sweeps over Marion Military Institute (6-0, 17-1, 8-0 & 12-0). He also scored five runs and added two stolen bases and a sacrifice fly along with being hit by a pair of pitches during the four-game series. Gerhart capped his productive two days by going 4-for-6 (2-for-3 each game), including three homers and a double, with 10 RBIs and four runs scored during EMCC's Friday twin-bill sweep over MMI. After hitting a homer and a double (3 RBIs) in Friday's first game, he followed in the nightcap with a first-inning grand slam and a three-run blast in the third frame (7 RBIs).

 


 

About the MACCC

The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC)  is one of the premier community college conferences in the country and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni on professional sports teams. 

Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and tennis.  

Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. 

 

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