ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball program faced off against its second ranked opponent of the season, the other being at #14 LSU, fighting through adversity in a 109-42 setback.

What You Need to Know:
 

• Score: #16 Utah 109 | Mississippi Valley State 42

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (1-6, 0-0 SWAC) | #16 Utah (7-0, 0-0 Pac-12)

 

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

 

• Series History: Utah Leads 1-0

 

• Winning Streak: Utah (W1) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: N/A

 

• All-Time History vs. Pac-12 Opponents: Pac-12 Leads 3-0

 
Mississippi Valley State Top Performers:
 

• Zakiya Mahoney played a season-high 36 minutes and made six free throws on her way to seventh career 20-plus point game, her second in the past week.

 

• Krisen Hunt has now tied her career-high of three assists on three separate occasions this year, leading the Green and White on the night while putting seven points on the board as well.

 

• Despite fouling out towards the end of the third quarter, Zaria Harleaux notched a team-best six rebounds on the evening and turned in her second multi-assist affair of 2022-23.

 

• Ameerah Ali finally cracked the stat sheet in her third appearance of the season, making a free throw and landing an impressive blocked shot, her first as a collegiate ballplayer.

 

•  Elisa Saffold connected on the squad's only two successful three-point attempts versus Utah, finishing second on the club with eight points on 3-of-5 shooting.

Notes:
 

• The guard-driven Devilettes surprisingly out-blocked the vertically gifted Utes, notching its second straight multi-block outing while shutting out Utah in that category.

 
Valley has nearly two weeks before its next matchup, a Wednesday morning matinee at 11 a.m. on December 14 at the University of New Orleans.

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