Lady Indians Roll Holmes, Keep Title Hopes Alive

FULTON, Miss. — Sophomore Night had the right star power and the right stakes, and the Lady Indians delivered both.

With MACCC title hopes still alive, the Lady Indians rolled past Holmes 84-46 on Thursday night behind a dominant offensive night from Tootie Lockett and a game-breaking 16-0 run that turned a solid lead into a runaway.

ICC led 20-14 after one quarter, then started stacking pressure in the second. The Lady Indians outscored Holmes 23-11 in the period to take a 43-25 lead into halftime, then buried the Lady Bulldogs with a 15-6 third quarter before pouring in 26 more points in the fourth to finish the job.

Lockett was the headline act on Sophomore Night, going for 29 points on a blistering 12-of-16 shooting clip while knocking down 3-of-5 from deep. She added seven rebounds and helped set the tone early as ICC kept control from the opening quarter on. Chloe Chism gave the Lady Indians another big scoring punch with 16 points, including a pair of threes and two blocks. Carlie Brock ran the show with 13 points and eight assists. 

As a team, the Lady Indians hit 11 threes and committed just seven turnovers.

The win keeps the Lady Indians' MACCC championship path alive heading into the final regular-season results. ICC is finished at 12-2 in league play and will be either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed unless a specific tiebreaker scenario drops the Lady Indians to No. 3 in a three-way tie.

Here is the clean version of where things stand heading into Pearl River vs. Gulf Coast on Monday:

ICC is locked into a top-two seed if Pearl River wins.

If Gulf Coast beats Pearl River, a three-way tie can happen and the final order depends on the MACCC tiebreakers. In that scenario, ICC's current tied-team point spread sits at +3, Pearl River at +5 and Gulf Coast at -8 entering Monday.

That means the margin in Pearl River vs. Gulf Coast matters. A Gulf Coast blowout win of 12+ can push ICC to No. 3. A narrow Pearl River loss can still keep ICC at No. 2. A Pearl River loss by 3 to 10 points can move ICC into the No. 1 seed based on points spread before the tiebreak resets for the remaining teams.

Bottom line, ICC handled its business on Sophomore Night in emphatic fashion. Now the Lady Indians wait on Monday's result to learn exactly where they land in the MACCC bracket.