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MHSAA basketball championships: The complete schedule, results
The MHSAA basketball playoffs will conclude at the Mississippi Coliseum with the state championships from Thursday through Saturday. Here is the complete schedule:
TOP PERFORMERSKeymarius Lewis leads Raymond to 7th consecutive title game: MHSAA semifinals top performers
TEXAS BASKETBALL RECRUITING‘The job is not finished': Texas signee Madison Booker leads Germantown back to MHSAA title game
Thursday
Class 1A Girls: Ingomar 53, Biggersville 38
Class 1A Boys: McEvans 67, McAdams 48
Class 4A Girls: Pontotoc vs. Louisville (5 p.m.)
Class 4A Boys: Yazoo City vs. Raymond (7 p.m.)
Friday
Class 2A Girls:…
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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener
Southern Miss men's basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.
The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.
Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.
Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…
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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday
Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.
Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.
See what made it past Wednesday's deadline, and what did not.
Jackson Water Regionalization
Senate Bill 2889 failed to pass the House in any version before the deadline.
It would have created the Mississippi Capital Region Utility Authority, taking ownership of Jackson's troubled water and…
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Madison Booker is Mississippi Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of Year
Texas signee Madison Booker was selected as the Gatorade Mississippi Girls Basketball Player of the Year on Wednesday. The McDonald's All-American selection helped lead Germantown to its first state championship in program history last week.
Booker had 26 points, 11 rebounds and four steals as the Mavericks (29-2) defeated Tupelo 64-43 in the MHSAA Class 6A title game. She helped lead Germantown to three consecutive trips to the state semifinals and two championship games.
The five-star recruit averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.1 steals per game. Booker was…
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