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1:28 am Saturday, February 17, 2001

Saturday, Feb. 17

By Staff
Prep Basketball
Finals of the Division 2-4A at New Hope
High School Baseball
Meridian Classic (Meridian, Newton County, Northeast Lauderdale, Enterprise, Choctaw County)
Enterprise at Northeast Lauderdale
Wayne County Classic (Wayne County, Quitman, Heidelberg)
Scott County Tournament (Forest, Lake)
Bay Springs Classic (Union, Bay Springs)
West Lauderdale at Neshoba Central
High School Softball
Clarkdale Tournament (Fast-pitch)
Junior College Basketball
Southern Union women at MCC, 5:30 p.m.
Junior College Baseball
Rush Invitational Tournament at Meridian
LSU-Eunice at EMCC (DH)
Jones at Alabama Southern (DH)
Junior College Softball
Gordon College at MCC (DH)
College Basketball
Auburn men at Mississippi State, 4:30 p.m.
Ole Miss men at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m.
Southern Miss men at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Alcorn State
Grambling at Jackson State
Mississippi Valley State at Prairie View
Harding at Delta State
College Baseball
Notre Dame at Mississippi State (NBC Classic)
Sunday, Feb. 18
Junior College Baseball
Rush Invitational Tournament at Meridian
LSU-Eunice at EMCC (DH)
College Basketball
Auburn women at Ole Miss, 2 p.m.
Memphis women at Southern Miss, 2:30 p.m.
MSU women at Florida
College Baseball
Notre Dame at Mississippi State (NBC Classic)

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