Mississippi State Handles Alcorn State, 73-45

Sunday, November 10

Starkville, Miss.

4:30 p.m.

Mississippi State

Alcorn State

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Mississippi State Handles Alcorn State, 73-45

November 10, 2024 | Women's Basketball

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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State women's basketball handled Alcorn State, 73-45, inside Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday.

With the win, Mississippi State improved to 2-0 on the season and 19-1 overall non-conference home games under Head Coach Sam Purcell. Mississippi State extended its win streak to six straight in the series.

Graduate student guard Jerkaila Jordan finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and four steals in 28 minutes. Redshirt junior guard Destiney McPhaul posted her second-straight double-digit scoring performance to open the season with 15 points on 5-6 from the field and 3-3 from three, in addition to two rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes.

Graduate student guard/forward Eniya Russell pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds and added eight points.

Mississippi State pushed the tempo and raced out a 26-18 first-quarter lead behind six early points from McPhaul. Mississippi State extended its margin to 44-23 at the halftime break with a 18-5 second quarter in which it converted on 6-9 from the field for 66.7 percent.

Mississippi State maintained its momentum out of the locker room with a 22-9 third quarter. Mississippi State earned its largest lead of the game at 35 points with a margin of 69-34 on a three-point field-goal from the left wing from junior guard Denim DeShields.

The Bulldogs forced 21 turnovers and turned it into 29 points off turnovers.

Mississippi State is back in action when it hosts its second-annual Education Day game against Alabama State on Wednesday at 11 a.m. CT on SEC Network+.