basketball

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…

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…