Back on Top: Indians Clinch First MACCC Title Since 2013-14

FULTON, Miss. - This is what a championship night looks like.

You win the game in front of you. Then you check the out-of-town score and realize the whole thing just changed.

That was the scene for the No. 25 Indians.

ICC beat Mississippi Delta 84-67 at home, and when Pearl River knocked off Jones, the Indians officially clinched the 2025-26 MACCC championship and the No. 1 seed in the regional tournament.

For the Indians, it was more than a title. It was a breakthrough.

The championship is the program's first since the 2013-14 season, and it is the first MACCC title for Darrian Wilson as head coach of the Indians. In a league race that demanded consistency, ICC finally got to cash in on the work.

The first half of the job belonged to the Indians, and they handled it.

ICC got the kind of production that has defined this team when it is rolling. Tim Holliday poured in 22 points. Kyler Fox controlled the glass with nine rebounds. Damarion Winston ran the show with 10 assists in the win over Delta.

That is not just a winning box score. That is a championship box score.

Scoring. Rebounding. Ball movement. Everybody doing a job.

Then came the assist.

Pearl River's win over Jones delivered the second result ICC needed, and just like that the title race was over. The Indians had done their part for things to fall their way.

That is why this one hits different in Fulton.

It was not a fluke night or a one-game heater. The overall numbers back up the run. The Indians averaged 78.2 points per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the floor, 34.6 percent from three and 73.4 percent at the line, with 37.1 rebounds and 17.5 assists per game across 26 games.

And on the night the championship was there to be claimed, the Indians looked exactly like that team.

They won the game they had to win. They got the help they needed. They finished the job.

After more than a decade, the men's MACCC title is back at ICC.