Women's Basketball Recaps: November 24
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Tonight's Scores:
Nicholls State 58, Texas Southern 57
Troy 75, Mississippi Valley State 54
#6 Mississippi State 105, Jackson State 38
MVSU’s Bassett and Parker combine for 34 points in loss to Troy
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - LaKendra Bassett and Kristy Parker scored 17 points apiece for Valley, but a big second quarter by Troy led to the Devilettes’ 75-54 loss Saturday afternoon to conclude the Southern Miss-hosted Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic.
Valley led 21-15 at the end of the first quarter and shot 54 percent (7-of-13) during the first 10 minutes of the game. However, Troy outscored MVSU 27-12 in the second quarter to take control of the game to the tune of a 42-33 lead at the break and ultimately pulled away with a 21-9 fourth quarter scoring advantage.
Ronni Williams scored seven points for the Devilettes. Jazmin Holmon pulled in a team-high six rebounds for Valley.
Troy's Japonica James matched Parker and Bassett's output with 17 points for the Trojans.
- MVSU Sports Information
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TSU drops heartbreaker to Nicholls State
EL PASO, Texas – A furious comeback fell short for Texas Southern during a 58-57 loss to Nicholls State Saturday afternoon.
Marquia Turner and Niya Mitchell led Texas Southern with 14 points.
Down 32-22 at the break, Texas Southern looked to scrap together a rally, managing to cut the deficit to five entering the fourth. A Turner layup brought Texas Southern within one basket, but the Colonels pushed their lead to 11 with 4:34 left. From there, Mitchell asserted herself with eight points in the final minutes, including a basket with six ticks left that put Texas Southern within one. After a timeout, Mitchell picked the pocket of Nicholls’ Cassidy Barrios and had a chance at a layup as time ticked away, but Mitchell was unable to convert as time expired.
Barrios led Nicholls State with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
QUICK HITS:
- Jackson State to sixth-ranked Mississippi State 105-38 Saturday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum. Antoinette Womack led JSU with 10 points and four rebounds, but leading scorer Christina Ellis was limited to two points on 1-of-11 shooting. Kaisha Lucky netted seven points and six rebounds, and Marneisha Hamer scored six points.
- Teaira McCowan led Mississippi State with 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting and six rebounds. Jordan Danberry added 16 points for the Lady Bulldogs, who outrebounded JSU 48-30 and outshot the Lady Tigers 50.7 percent (37-of-73) to 32.0 (16-of-50) percent.