basketball

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…

Biloxi, Harrison Central girls win on the hardwood

Over at D’Iberville, three seed Lady Warriors hosting the Region 7 Class 6A Tournament, taking on two-seed Biloxi. Biloxi-31 D’Iberville-13 Two seed Harrison Central trying to ice the game over three seed Hancock. Harrison Central-33 Hancock-29

High School Boys Basketball: Gulfport vs. West Harrison

They say the next game is the most important and when it comes to high school basketball district tournaments, that couldn’t be more true. Win the first game and it’s on to the playoffs, no matter what. Three seed West…

PRCC Basketball running back perfection

Before the collective sports world came to a complete stop back in March, there were two local junior college teams that were still undefeated. A new beginning for the Pearl River Wildcats, who check in as the nation’s fifth ranked…

Southern Miss in need of new year’s spark

After winning four games in a row over the holidays, the Southern Miss men’s basketball team has yet to make good on any kind of resolution to start the new year. The Golden Eagles have since lost three straight following…

Indiana to host March Madness in 2021

The state of Indiana is about to come down with a serious case of March Madness. Today, the NCAA confirmed the 2021 Division I men’s basketball tournament will be played entirely within the Hoosier State. In fact, most of the…

WXXV Play of the Day: Ladner vs Ladner for Christmas

Today’s play of the day goes to the son of the coach, Southern Miss Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jay Ladner and his kin Luke Ladner. So today USM added a 2 p.m. home game on December 28th against Loyola out…

Southern Miss men’s basketball season underway

Southern Miss men’s basketball home opener against William Carey is coming off a 66-51 loss at Jacksonville University in the team’s season debut. Certainly, a disappointing loss to start year two of the Jay Ladner era but growing pains were…

USM basketball rolling with the punches

From Southern Miss winning the 1987 NIT championship to St. Stanislaus winning the 2011 4A state title to Jones College winning the 2014 NJCAA Tournament, USM Head Coach Jay Ladner has seen just about everything on a basketball court. Yet…

Southern Miss basketball mixing the new with the old

Almost a month after the Southern Miss men’s basketball team took the court for its first official practice of the new campaign, the Golden Eagles are still adjusting to their new look in 2020. Nine newcomers in Jay Ladner’s second…