Indians advance to NJCAA Region 23 Tournament

FULTON, Miss. – The men's basketball team earned the No. 3 seed and an opening round bye in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 Tournament.

The Indians (21-4) finished runner-up in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) and will host the winner between Coahoma (13-11) and Southwest Mississippi (16-10) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

ICC went 2-0 against Coahoma during the regular season. The Indians picked up a 69-61 non-conference road win in November and grabbed a home win over the Tigers 78-64 in January. Southwest came to Fulton and picked up a 78-72 win in February.

A win on Wednesday will put the Indians in the regional semifinals at Mississippi College in Clinton.

Wednesday's game will be available on LetsGoICCTV.com/red. 

 
NJCAA Region 23 Men's Tournament
Opening Round – Monday, February 27

G1: No. 9 Northeast at No. 8 Jones
G2: No. 12 East Central at No. 5 Pearl River
G3: No. 10 Holmes at No. 7 Meridian
G4: No. 11 Coahoma at No. 6 Southwest

Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1

G5: Northeast/Jones winner at No. 1 Co-Lin
G6: East Central/Pearl River winner at No. 4 East Mississippi
G7: Holmes/Meridian winner at No. 2 LSU-Eunice
G8: Coahoma/Southwest Mississippi winner at No. 3 ICC

Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
Mississippi College

G9: Game 5 winner vs Game 6 winner
G10: Game 7 winner vs Game 8 winner

Championship – Sunday, March 5
Mississippi College

Game 9 winner Game 10 winner