ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball program dug itself a massive hole by halftime but nearly crawled all the way out of it, outscoring the visiting Texans by 18 points over the final two quarters during a 66-50 loss in the non-conference home finale.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Tarleton State – 66
  • Mississippi Valley – 50

 

• Records
  • Mississippi Valley (1-5, 0-0 SWAC)
  • Tarleton State (4-4, 0-0 WAC)

 

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

 

• Series History (Since 2004)
  • Texans Lead 1-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Texans (W1) / Devilettes' Last Win: N/A

 
Devilettes' Top Performers:
 

• Janiya Jones accounted for more than half of the Green and White's assist total, setting up a career/game-high seven buckets with five points, four rebounds, and a steal thrown in.

 

• Kylah McCullers raised her personal benchmark for single-game scoring, leading Valley with a dozen points on five field goals (5-for-12, 41.7%).

 

• A 5-foot-3 guard, Jaeda Murphy showed off her defensive and jumping prowess, blocking her third career shot in addition to eight points, four boards, and four assists.

 

• Nairobi Lewis set up a wall around the rim, swatting away four separate Texans attempts while nearly notching her first double-double for Coach James, ending up at ten points and eight rebounds.

 

• Ariel Jefferson was even closer than Lewis was to double-double land, going for 11 points and a MVSU-most nine boards (four offensive) as well as being the lone defender to log multiple steals (2).

 
Next:
 

• The Sooner State beckons for the remainder of the week with its first stop being in Tulsa as they battle the Golden Hurricane at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday evening.

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