ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball program rode the backs of Zaria Harleaux, SyAnn Holmes, and Zakiya Mahoney to Coach Kimberly Anderson's first career win as an NCAA Division I Head Coach, steamrolling Nicholls in a 64-49 win on Jessie Harris Education Day.

What You Need to Know:
 

• Score: Mississippi Valley State 64 | Nicholls 49

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (1-3, 0-0 SWAC) | Nicholls (2-3, 0-0 SWAC)

 

• Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – R.W. Harrison HPER Complex

 

• Series History: Nicholls Leads 4-1

 

• Winning Streak: Mississippi Valley State (W1) | Nicholls' Last Win: December 1, 2017 (72-47)

 

• All-Time History vs. Southland Opponents: Southland Leads 9-7

 
Mississippi Valley State Top Performers:
 

• Harleaux and Holmes were the ringleaders of the offensive and rebounding portions of the act, combining to shoot 48.3% while putting together 31 points, 18 rebounds, five steals and three assists between them.

 

• Mahoney was handing out assists like it was pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, serving up a career and game-high eight assists as well as season-bests in both points (13) and boards (8).

 

• Milia Gibson tied her personal-best scoring contest at MVSU, dropping ten points with three rebounds, a steal plus an assist on top of it.

 

• Five-foot-eight guard Krisen Hunt has been a highly unlikely rebounding threat for the Devilettes, tying her career benchmark for boards for the second time in four games with seven.

 
Notes:
 

• The Green and White set new season-bests in nearly every statistical category including field-goal percentage (34.7%), rebounds (49), assists (15), and points (64).

 

• Valley thoroughly dominated the Colonels, securing a plus-12 rebounding margin, forced twice as many turnovers as they committed, and logged three more steals.

 
Coach Anderson will attempt to start a winning streak on Black Friday when it battles Lamar in the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic at 5 p.m. in the Reed Green Coliseum.

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