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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball saw four different Delta Devilettes score in double-digits and outscored the Redhawks by six in the second half but Southeast Missouri State staved them off for a tight 82-76 win.
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The Basics
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- Final Score: Southeast Missouri State 82 | Mississippi Valley State 76
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- Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-4, 0-0 SWAC) | Southeast Missouri State (2-3, 0-0 OVC)
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- Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Reed Green Coliseum
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- Series History: Southeast Missouri State Leads 3-1
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Mississippi Valley State Top Performers
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- Kerrigan Johnson went for game-high four three-pointers on seven shots (57%), made half of her field goal attempts (6-of-12), produced a season and team-best 19 points plus going a perfect 3-for-3 from the free-throw line off the bench.
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- Zakiya Mahoney registered a team/season-high seven boards while just missing out on the scoring lead at 18 as she hit 53% from the court with three steals.
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- Mikayla Etienne had season-bests in both field goals (7) and points (15) along with five rebounds.
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- Ronni Williams was the fourth and final lady with ten-plus points, hitting the number on the nose with a game-best four steals as well as five rebounds.
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- Annya Moss swatted away two blocks for her third career multi-rejection outing while just barely missing out on being the fifth student-athlete with double-digit scoring days at nine points.
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Notes
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- The quartet of Johnson (19), Mahoney (18), Etienne (16) and Williams (10) became the first time that MVSU had four scorers in double-figures since last December.
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- Free throw shooting proved to be a difference maker in this contest as MVSU went 10-of-19 (53%) from the line while SEMO was 19-for-27 (70%).
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- Valley barely edged out Southeast Missouri State off the bench as the Delta Devilettes put up 19 points and the Redhawks logged 18.
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Head Coach Ashley Walker-Johnson will have her Delta Devilettes locked and loaded for the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic, beginning Friday versus Southeast Missouri State at 3 p.m. on the campus of Southern Miss.
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