Mississippi Valley State eliminated by No. 1 seeded UCLA 70-29

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points as top-seeded UCLA (32-3) cruised to victory against overmatched Mississippi Valley State.

Mississippi Valley State (17-16) scored the fewest points in the tournament since 1946, when Baylor had 29 in a loss to Oklahoma State. The Delta Devils also set a tournament record for fewest points in a first-round game, breaking the mark of 32 by Wisconsin against Missouri State in 1999.

JCJC tennis team defeats Copiah Lincoln Community College Thursday

ELLISVILLE — The Jones County Junior College Bobcat men’s tennis team improved to 5-2 with an 8-1 victory over the Co-Lin Community College Wolves here on a gorgeous Thursday afternoon.

The Bobcats and Lady Bobcats will return to the court with a 2 p.m. home match on Tuesday vs. Holmes.

Bobcats 8, Wolves 1

Jones swept all of the doubles matches.

In No. 1 doubles, JCJC‚s Casey Dykes and Cale Pastorek beat Joey Ratcliff and Jeffie Smith, 8-4. Brian Martin and Miles Nerren of Jones took No. 2 doubles over Justin Hewitt and Nick Hatten, 8-5. Bobcats‚ Chris Guizerix and Aaron Stricklin claimed No. 3 doubles over Aaron Walker and Kevin Weldon, 8-5.

In No. 1 singles, Co-Lin‚s Ratcliff defeated Dykes, 3-6, 6-3, 10-1. In No. 2 singles, JCJC‚s Pastorek beat Hatten, 6-3, 6-3. Nerren of Jones took No. 3 singles over Hewitt, 6-3, 7-6 (0), while JCJC‚s Martin won No. 4 singles over Smith, 2-6, 7-5, 10-1. JCJC‚s Guizerix claimed No. 5 singles over Walker, 6-2, 6-4. Jonathan Myrick of the Bobcats won No. 6 singles over Weldon, 6-2, 6-0.

More awards for Mississippi State’s Bowen

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s Ricky Bowen has picked up two more national honors in addition to being named the Southeastern Conference’s pitcher of the week. Those honors come after he nearly threw a no-hitter Sunday in a 4-0 win over Mississippi.

MSU on Wednesday announced the College Baseball Foundation named Bowen to its weekly National All-Star Lineup while the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association selected Bowen as its Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week. Earlier, Collegiate Baseball newspaper selected him as a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week.

Bowen struck out 11, retired the first 14 batters he faced and carried the no-hitter into the ninth inning. After giving up two hits, including an infield single, in the ninth inning, he struck out the final batter with the bases loaded to preserve the win.

No. 13 William Carey softball splits with Spring Hill