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Bears complete season sweep of visiting Pearl River

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
EMANUEL (TRELL) THOMPSON

Men's Basketball | 2/6/2017 11:59:00 PM

Box Score

The Bears completed the season-sweep of South Division foe Pearl River Monday night with an 86-64 home win over the Wildcats.
 
The Bears moved to 13-5 overall and 7-2 in the South with the win while Pearl River fell to 12-6 and 4-5.
 
The game was close in the early going with three ties and two lead changes in the first 4:26. The Bears then took a 10-8 lead on a Guy Johnson jumper with 15:23 left in the half and they never trailed the rest of the night.
 
Emanuel Thompson nailed a jumper with 12:02 before the break to increase the Bears' advantage to 24-12. Pearl River then went on a 12-0 scoring streak to knot the game at 24-24 with 6:47 on the clock.
 
Mike Parks, Jr.., laid the ball in the goal with 6:29 showing to put the Bears back on top, 26-24. Outscoring Pearl River 21-11 the rest of the half, with nine points coming from Parks, Jr., the Bears went on to take a 47-35 lead at the end of the half.
 
The second half, for the most part, belonged to the Bears. A three pointer from Rodrick Sikes pushed their lead to 57-40 with 16:39 left in the game.
 
A pair of Sikes three pointers then served as bookends to an 11-3 run by the Bears that left them with a 65-43 lead with 14:53 to go. Sikes' layup, with 9:39 showing, made the score 74-51. Thompson's layup with 2:48 to play gave the Bears their biggest lead of the game, 83-58, and they went on to get the win by 22 points.
 
"No win's easy in this league," said Bears head man Thomas Gray. "Pearl River is a very good ball team. I have a lot of respect for their coaching staff and their players. We're very fortunate to win this game."
 
"I thought that our guys played really well," Gray continued. "I thought they played really well together. We got some major contributions from Mike; he played extremely well in a game we needed him to. I'm really excited for the way Emanuel played coming off the bench. Our defensive effort, as a whole, I thought was really, really good."
 
Thompson and Parks, Jr., led the Bears to victory with 21 and 20 points, respectively. Sikes was also in double figures with 18 points. The Bears combined to hit 13 of 22 free throws.
 
Pearl River was led by Jamani Glover's 18 points. The visitors hit 10 of 14 free throws.
 
The Bears return to the court Thursday night as they pay a visit to the Meridian Eagles. The South Division matchup is set for a 7:30 start.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Guy Johnson

#11 Guy Johnson

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Rodrick Sikes

#14 Rodrick Sikes

G
6' 1"
Sophomore
Emanuel Thompson

#21 Emanuel Thompson

G/F
6' 4"
Sophomore
Mike Parks, Jr.

#22 Mike Parks, Jr.

C
6' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Guy Johnson

#11 Guy Johnson

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Rodrick Sikes

#14 Rodrick Sikes

6' 1"
Sophomore
G
Emanuel Thompson

#21 Emanuel Thompson

6' 4"
Sophomore
G/F
Mike Parks, Jr.

#22 Mike Parks, Jr.

6' 9"
Sophomore
C