East Central Hornets at Vancleave Bulldogs — Tuesday, Jan. 20 preview

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East Central travels to Vancleave on Tuesday, Jan. 20, when the East Central Hornets visit the Vancleave Bulldogs with tipoff set for 5 p.m. Central. The game page is on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5783344-east-central-vs-vancleave

Location and time

• Date: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026

• Time: 5 p.m. Central (3 p.m. Pacific listed on the original page)

• Site: at Vancleave (home team: Vancleave Bulldogs)

• Game page: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5783344-east-central-vs-vancleave

What to watch

Both programs are looking to establish early-season momentum. East Central (Hornets) will be on the road against a Vancleave (Bulldogs) squad that hosts this matchup. Each team has upcoming games later in the week — Vancleave travels to Northeast Jones on Jan. 23 (https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5684288-vancleave-vs-northeast-jones) and East Central heads to Purvis on Jan. 23 (https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/5891230-east-central-vs-purvis).

Their most recent meeting listed on SBLive was Feb. 2, 2021, at East Central High School (game page: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/games/799975-east-central-vs-vancleave).

Streaming and tickets

• Watch: Both schools list NFHS Network pages for game streams when available — Vancleave NFHS page: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/vancleave-hs-vancleave-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive ; East Central NFHS page: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/east-central-hs-moss-point-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

• Tickets: No ticket link provided on the SBLive game page. Check the host school or NFHS Network for updates.

Get involved

Follow the teams on SBLive to stay updated and help grow the fan counts:

• Vancleave Bulldogs: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/174608-vancleave-bulldogs-jv (fans: 5)

• East Central Hornets: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/basketball/teams/216187-east-central-hornets-jv (fans: 4)

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