BATON ROUGE, La. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's basketball program's offense got hit with a cold spell in the Louisiana state capital on Thursday afternoon as the ladies dropped its lone contest of the weekend to the Southern Jaguars, 69-46.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Southern – 69
  • Mississippi Valley – 46

 

• Records
  • Mississippi Valley (4-14, 3-4 SWAC)
  • Southern (9-8, 5-1 SWAC)

 

• Location
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana – F.G. Clark Activity Center

 

• Series History (Since 2005)
  • Jaguars Lead 35-6 (14.6%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2005)
  • Jaguars (W23) / Devilettes' Last Win: February 11, 2013 (61-57)

 
Devilettes' Top Performers:
 

• Sydney Thompson only played 11 minutes off the bench but made them count, leading the Green and White with a season-high nine points on 3-of-6 (50%) shooting including a pair of makes from distance plus a personal-best four boards.

 

• Desiree Smith was just one behind Thompson for the team's scoring lead at eight as she fronted the rebounding department (6) and collected both a steal plus an assist.

 

• Jakyrra Sandifer notched her first career multi-steal outing at a four-year institution, being the only player for Coach James to have more than one takeaway (2).

 

• Sydnei Marshall registered the team's blocked shot in addition to six points whereas Nairobi Lewis put five points on the board, all from the free throw line.

 
Next:
 

• Since Saturday's game at Grambling State has been officially postponed to February 23 due to the impending winter storm, the next currently scheduled matchup is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 31 when Valley State hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

 
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