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October 8, 2009
NORTHEAST ANNOUNCES 2009-10 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
BOONEVILLE, Miss. – Northeast Mississippi Community College men and women’s basketball teams will face a tough road during the 2009-10 season.
Northeast men’s team opens the 2009-10 campaign on the road at Wallace State (Ala.) Community College in Hanceville, Ala. where the Tigers will face a Wallace State club that finished the 2008-09 year with a 28-5 record and was tied for the 21st-best team in the country in the final National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) poll on Feb. 24.
The road doesn’t get any easier as both the Tigers and Lady Tigers head to the friendly confines of a freshly renovated Bonner Arnold Coliseum on Nov. 5 for the 2009 home opener as Northeast hosts Northwest Shoals (Ala.) Community College at 5 and 7 p.m.
After a date at South Division foe East Central on Nov. 7, both teams hit the road for split games on Oct. 9.
Ricky Ford’s Lady Tigers will take on Jackson St. (Tenn.) Community College in Jackson, Tenn., while David Robbins’ Tigers head to West Plains, Missouri for a matchup with Missouri State University-West Plains. The Lady Tigers tip is set for 6 p.m. in Jackson, Tenn., while the Tigers go an hour later at 7 p.m. in West Plains, Mo.
Northeast continues its non-division slate through the month of November.
Robbins’ Tigers host Wallace State-Hanceville on Nov. 12 in a men-only contest before both Northeast teams see non-division action in the next three games.
Northeast travels to Jones County Junior College in Ellisville on Nov. 16. The Bobcats finished the 2008-09 season with a 21-4 record and were ranked No. 19 in the Feb. 24 NJCAA poll. A home date with East Central at 5 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 ends play before the Thanksgiving Break but Northeast manages to squeeze in one final non-division game in November when the Tigers and Lady Tigers make the trek to Muscle Shoals, Ala., to take on Northwest Shoals on Nov. 30.
Northeast opens its Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division slate with a trip to Goodman to battle Holmes Community College on Dec. 3 before taking on Mississippi Delta at Bonner Arnold Coliseum on Dec. 7. Both North Division affairs have 6 and 8 p.m. tips.
Northeast shakes up things with bouts with Copiah-Lincoln Community College and Arkansas Baptist on Dec. 12 and 14, respectively. Tipoffs for both of those games are set for 2 and 4 p.m.
Coming out of the holiday break, Northeast faces a pair of non-division opponents before hitting the North Division circuit again.
Northeast hosts both Jones County Junior College and Copiah-Lincoln on Jan. 5 and Jan. 7, respectively. Tipoff for the Jones County matchup is set for 2 and 4 p.m. while the Copiah-Lincoln game squares off at 5 and 7 p.m.
Northwest Community College opens the North Division slate for both Northeast teams after the break when the Rangers and Lady Rangers invade Bonner Arnold Coliseum on Jan. 11.
Four more North Division affairs occur in the month of January with road games at Itawamba Community College (Jan. 14) and East Mississippi (Jan. 25).
A pair of home games follows a non-division trip to Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock on Jan. 18. Northeast hosts Coahoma Community College on Jan. 21 and turns the trick a week later with a home date against Holmes on Jan. 28.
February sees a light schedule as the teams wrap up their year with all North Division dates. Northeast starts the month with a trip to Moorhead against Mississippi Delta on Feb. 1 before traveling to Northwest on Feb. 4. Home dates with Itawamba on Feb. 8 and East Mississippi on Feb. 18 sandwich a trip to Clarksdale to face Coahoma on Feb. 15.
The MACJC State Tournament is set for Feb. 22-25 and the NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament will be held March 1-4 at Mississippi College in Clinton.
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