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Sports coverage for East Mississippi and West Alabama.

[Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa]

Huge win for the West Lowndes girls, the state’s last remaining undefeated team.

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I’m at EMCC for the Lions’ appearance in the MACJC women’s championship game against Jones College. EMCC is 23-2 and has won 18 straight games.

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With recent rain, @feds_baseball has barely gotten to go outside the past two weeks. The 'Feds have spent more time playing on their own field than practicing on it.
That'll continue this week as Caledonia plays four games in a critical five-day stretch.
https://t.co/pBj4gvQ24N

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Final (5 innings): Starkville beats West Point 12-2 on the run rule. Green Wave walked 12 Jackets and hit five. West Point’s only hit came with two out in the bottom of the fifth.

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With its NCAA tournament at-large bid hopes on the line, Tyson Carter and Reggie Perry led Mississippi State to a crucial win over Alabama Tuesday night.
https://t.co/fiyxtGi6rx

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"The first two days I was happy with, and today we got beat," Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis said of Sunday's 7-2 loss to Oregon State. "Two out of three is good, but when you lose on Sunday, it leaves a little bit of a bad taste in your mouth."
https://t.co/t76IW2N9HA

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Alabama stunned Mississippi State women's basketball Sunday, erasing a 13-point lead and beating the Bulldogs on a last-second tip in.

"We got what we deserved, to be quite honest with you," Vic Schaefer said.
https://t.co/xLEVXEDq7e

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Final: Mississippi State baseball loses for the first time this season, 7-2 to Oregon State. GAMER: https://t.co/t76IW2N9HA

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Alabama's Megan Abrams cleans up a missed shot from Jordan Lewis at the buzzer and Alabama stuns Mississippi State, beating the Bulldogs 66-64.

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I’m at Dudy Noble Field covering the finale of Mississippi State’s baseball series against Oregon State. @Garrick_Hodge is next door covering women’s basketball as we both pretend to be @bportnoy15 today. First pitch here at 1.

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At Humphrey Coliseum filling in for @bportnoy15 on the Mississippi State women's basketball beat. @Theo_DeRosa is pinch-hitting next door at Dudy Noble Field, but hopefully not literally.

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Here's how local basketball teams fared tonight in MHSAA and MAIS playoff action. https://t.co/ufi0YKDwna

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The West Lowndes girls beat Lumberton in the second round of the playoffs Friday to improve to 24-0.
"It feels great knowing that we've worked so hard for this season, and we're accomplishing our goals game by game," senior Marvaysha Seals said.
https://t.co/Fw5RQCYeV0

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INSTANT GAMER: Mississippi State was getting shut out through seven innings. Then Justin Foscue and Brandon Pimentel played hero, delivering the biggest two hits in MSU's 6-2 win over Oregon State in the series opener.

https://t.co/GRS2WM6NUp

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Another scoreless inning for Chamberlain.
Mississippi State and Oregon State are scoreless through two.

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Mississippi State's Rowdey Jordan saved about two runs with a running catch in centerfield.
Koestler turns in another scoreless inning, but is at 52 pitches through two innings.

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Filled in for @bportnoy15 on Mississippi State baseball today.
Storylines:
— JT Ginn won't pitch against Oregon State
— Jordan Westburg and other 2018 returners are still "pissed off" about losing to the Beavers in Omaha two years ago
https://t.co/UgQG6bBd8W

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It wasn’t always pretty, but Mississippi State found a way to pull out a key victory against South Carolina Wednesday.
https://t.co/c4oIUJS3JZ

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Daniel Harrington scored 24 points as the Oak Hill Academy boys moved on with a narrow win over Clinton Christian in the MAIS Class 3A tournament tonight.
https://t.co/ozbCghu5Mo

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Ben Howland: “I think this is our best win of the year.”