It’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty in prep basketball action in the “Southern Six” as well the rest of Mississippi.
Region tournaments take place all across the state beginning Monday night, and there will be five tourneys heating up the hardwood in the “Southern Six”. Some league tourneys won’t start until Tuesday afternoon.
For most squads, no matter if you were undefeated or winless throughout the regular season, a single win this week puts you in the overall state playoffs which begin on Monday, Feb. 13th.
The top three teams in each region qualify for the state playoffs in both girls and boys’ play.
In Class 6A action, Harrison Central High School hosts the Region 8-6A affair, and that tourney will produce a huge match-up right off the bat as second-seed Hancock faces third-seed Biloxi at 6 p.m., Monday night.
The Lay Hawks, the top-ranked team in the state, beat the Lady Indians twice this season in a pair of close contests so the Lady Indians will be looking for revenge and to become one of the first squads in the state to earn a spot in the state playoffs.
In Class 6A play, the winner of opening round tourney games automatically secures a spot in the state playoffs and advances to the title game later in the week.
The opening-round losing teams still have another shot to advance in the postseason, as those teams will move on to the consolation game against another opening-round losing team from the opposite side of the bracket. The winner of consolation games advance to the state playoffs as the third seed from their respective region, but for the losing squad in the consolation game, it’s two strikes and you’re out.
The second game in Lyman Monday pits the top-seed Biloxi boys against the fourth-seed Hancock Hawks.
The Region 7-6A Tournament also tips off Monday night at St. Martin High School. The opening game pits the third-seed Pascagoula girls against the second-seed Ocean Springs, and that contest will be followed by the top-seeded PHS boys vs. fourth-seed St. Martin.
Here are the complete schedules for both of the Class 6A tournaments in the “Southern Six” this week.
Region 7-6A
At St. Martin
Boys
Monday
7:30 p.m. — Pascagoula vs. St. Martin
Tuesday
7:30 p.m. — Ocean Springs vs. D’Iberville
Thursday
7:30 p.m. — Consolation Game
Friday
7:30 p.m. — Championship Game
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Girls
Monday
6 p.m. — Ocean Springs vs. Pascagoula
Tuesday
6 p.m. — D’Iberville vs. St. Martin
Thursday
6 p.m. — Consolation Game
Friday
6 p.m. — Championship Game
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Region 8-6A
At Harrison Central
Boys
Monday
7:30 p.m. — Biloxi vs. Hancock
Tuesday
7:30 p.m. — Gulfport vs. Harrison Central
Thursday
7:30 p.m. — Consolation Game
Friday
7:30 p.m. — Championship Game
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Girls
Monday
6 p.m. — Hancock vs. Biloxi
Tuesday
6 p.m. — Gulfport vs. Harrison Central
Thursday
6 p.m. — Consolation Game
Friday
6 p.m. — Championship Game
