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02/22 03:42 CST Mississippi Valley State faces Grambling after Murphy's
22-point outing
Mississippi Valley State faces Grambling after Murphy's 22-point outing
By The Associated Press
Mississippi Valley State Devilettes (6-19, 5-9 SWAC) at Grambling Tigers (9-17,
6-7 SWAC)
Grambling, Louisiana; Monday, 6:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi Valley State plays Grambling after Jaeda Murphy scored
22 points in Mississippi Valley State's 78-64 victory against the Texas
Southern Tigers.
The Tigers have gone 6-5 in home games. Grambling ranks second in the SWAC with
12.7 assists per game led by Douthshine Prien averaging 3.1.
The Devilettes are 5-9 in SWAC play. Mississippi Valley State gives up 80.6
points to opponents while being outscored by 21.5 points per game.
Grambling is shooting 36.0% from the field this season, 6.1 percentage points
lower than the 42.1% Mississippi Valley State allows to opponents. Mississippi
Valley State's 34.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.7
percentage points lower than Grambling has given up to its opponents (39.8%).
The matchup Monday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Shaniah Nunn is averaging 12.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.7
steals for the Tigers. Zaria Johnson is averaging 8.5 points over the last 10
games.
Ariel Jefferson is shooting 40.3% and averaging 9.7 points for the Devilettes.
Sydnei Marshall is averaging 10.6 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 5-5, averaging 60.3 points, 36.0 rebounds, 11.3 assists,
10.9 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 36.7% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 57.6 points per game.
Devilettes: 3-7, averaging 64.2 points, 37.1 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 8.9 steals
and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 36.0% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 70.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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