TULSA, Okla. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball program recorded its most efficient three-point shooting contest of 2025-26 by converting on 31.3% (5-for-16) of their long distance field goals while committing a season-low 17 personal fouls as some positives can be taken from the Devilettes' 101-53 setback at Tulsa.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Tulsa – 101
  • Mississippi Valley – 53

 

• Records
  • Mississippi Valley (1-6, 0-0 SWAC)
  • Tulsa (6-2, 0-0 American)

 

• Location
  • Tulsa, Oklahoma – Donald W. Reynolds Center

 

• Series History
  • Golden Hurricane Leads 1-0 (0%)

 

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

 
Devilettes' Top Performers:
 

• Kylah McCullers raised her scoring career-high for the second straight game, leading Valley again with 13 points and a tied for personal-best three triples plus a block.

 

• Sydnei Marshall was second on the points leaderboard at nine while also logging more steals against TU (3) than she had in the previous six contests combined (2) and she notched multiple assists for the second time (2).

 

• Ariel Jefferson registered her first multi-block outing of 2025-26 (2) and fronted the visitors from Itta Bena on the boards at six.

 

• Jaeda Murphy put up nine points and joined Marshall in being the only Devilettes to register a pair of assists.

 
Next:
 

• An even tougher matchup sits merely 60 miles down the road in Stillwater on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m.) at the 24th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls.

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