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Alcorn State women’s basketball routs Mississippi University for Women, 91-44

Alcorn State women's basketball opened its home schedule with a 91-44 victory over Mississippi University for Women on Wednesday evening at the Davey L. Whitney Complex in Lorman. The win moved Alcorn to 1-1 on the season.

Five Alcorn players scored in double figures. Jada Morgan led all scorers with 18 points, while Dekyra Mitchell recorded a game-high eight assists. Alcorn shot 56.7% from the field and finished with 25 assists, 13 steals and 54 points in the paint.

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Alcorn is scheduled to visit Nicholls in a nonconference game in Thibodaux, Louisiana, on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

Source: Alcorn State Athletics.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."