Moss Point alum Devin Booker reflects on NBA Finals experience
From last year’s Bubble Booker to this year’s NBA Finals Devin Booker, the Moss Point alum finishes his amazing post-season run with the Phoenix Suns just…
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Moss Point alum Devin Booker to play for NBA Championship
Moss Point alum and Phoenix’s rising star shooting guard Devin Booker has dribbled his way from the River City to the Valley of the Sun and…
Moss Point alum Devin Booker going to first NBA Finals
In his six years with the Phoenix Suns, Moss Point alum Devin Booker has played under five different head coaches and played with 80 different teammates.…
Moss Point alum Devin Booker records first career triple-double
On Sunday, Devin Booker became the first Phoenix Suns player with a 40-point triple-double since Charles Barkley in 1993. As fate would have it, the Suns won…
Harrison Central Basketball’s Carlous Williams signs with PRCC
Carlous Williams is a name that’s been tied to high-profile college basketball recruitment for several years. Today, the Harrison Central big man finally made his future at the…
Moss Point alum Devin Booker showing out in first NBA postseason
If Moss Point alum Devin Booker wasn’t already a household name before these 2021 NBA playoffs, he certainly is now. After going 11 years without…
St. Patrick Boys Basketball: Drew Roth signs with Millsaps College
This morning at St. Patrick Catholic High School, basketball standout Drew Roth signed his National Letter of Intent with Millsaps College. The Majors are getting the total package in the form of a walking double-double machine. As…
West Harrison’s Otis Gates retiring as head coach of the girls basketball team
After working in public education for 29 years, West Harrison’s Otis Gates is retiring as head coach of the girls basketball team. The Lady Hurricanes were able to win just one game this season, but the program…
Pascagoula basketball’s Dorian McMillian offered by Mississippi State
Pascagoula’s Dorian McMillian has a bright future on the hardwood and it’s only getting brighter. Today, the rising sophomore, number 21, received his first offer from Mississippi State. McMillian was all over the stat sheet as a…
PRCC sophomore Jaronn Wilkens named NJCAA All-American
Make it five All-Americans in the last four years for the Pearl River Community College men’s basketball program with one of the twins, Jaronn Wilkens, checking in as NJCAA recipient. Yesterday, the sophomore forward was named All-American…
Stone Basketball/Baseball’s Cortez Dennis inks with Meridian Community College
Playing two sports in high school isn’t all that uncommon, but playing them both well enough to play them both in college isn’t all that common. This afternoon, Stone’s Cortez Dennis signed his letter of intent with Meridian Community…
Former PRCC All-American Isaih Moore transferring to Southern Miss
A former Wildcat getting back to his old stomping grounds, Isaih Moore is transferring from St. John’s to Southern Miss. That reunites Moore with his former PRCC teammate now Southern Miss Point Guard Tae Hardy, the first pair of Pearl…
Region XXIII Men’s Basketball Tournament: PRCC vs. Coahoma
The Pearl River Community College basketball program is no April Fool’s joke, having won the last two Region 23 Tournaments. The Wildcats looking to make it three in a row, playing host to Coahoma in the second round. PRCC wins…
Mississippi State Basketball comes up short in NIT Final
No one wants to miss the NCAA Tournament, but if missing out on the Big Dance is the trade off for being one of the last two teams on the dance floor at a slightly smaller dance, a team like…
Mississippi State Basketball heading to NIT Semifinals
In a normal college basketball season beating Kentucky in the SEC Tournament probably means big things ahead, but for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, they lost their very next game and went on to miss out on the Big Dance. The…
Play of the Day: Belated shoutout to CCA Hoops
News 25’s Jeff Haeger gives a season in-review shoutout to the Christian Collegiate Academy basketball team on a truly fantastic season. They went 22-3 overall in MAIS 2A District 3 of which Coach Tim Georgian was named coach of the…
Basketball: MGCCC vs. PRCC
As a result of COVID-19, the junior college basketball teams in Mississippi aren’t having a very typical March Madness. Most of the action will go down in April, but until then how about a little taste of the madness in…
Local sports books preparing for March Madness
This week, March Madness begins and Coast casinos are prepared for all your sports betting needs. This time last year, sports books and casinos were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, one year later, Gulf Coast…
Fewer brackets but same of people number plan to make bets on March Madness
Fewer Americans expect to fill out brackets for the NCAA’s college basketball tournament this year, but the overall number of people making bets on March Madness should remain about the same as the last time the tournament was held, according to the gambling industry’s national trade association.
Pascagoula native Isaac Brown named Wichita State head basketball coach
Perhaps the college basketball program most tied to the idea of March Madness and the Cinderella Story in recent years is Wichita State now led by a head coach with a Cinderella Story of his own. Yesterday, Pascagoula Native Isaac…
High School Boys Basketball: Gulfport vs. George County
In the 6A ranks, Gulfport Admirals playing host to George County in the first round. Gulfport-87 George County-26
High School Boys Basketball: St. Patrick vs. Enterprise Clarke
With an overall record of 22-4 heading into the class 2A playoffs, the St. Patrick boys basketball team is poised to take the program to new heights. The Fighting Irish has never made it to the semi-final round of the…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Patrick’s Nick Krass
This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is St. Patrick boys basketball star Nick Krass. Playoffs haven’t even started and Krass has already had a junior season to be proud of, including his first college basketball scholarship offer. Nick…
Basketball: PRCC vs. MGCCC
To find the last time the Pearl River Community College men’s basketball team lost a home game, you’d have to go all the way back to Valentine’s Day 2019 against Mississippi Gulf Coast. Since then, the Wildcats have an overall…