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Delta State women’s basketball hosts four-team Crossover Classic

Delta State University’s women’s basketball team will host the Crossover Classic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, at Walter Sillers Coliseum in Cleveland. The four-team tournament also features the University of Minnesota at Duluth, Harding University and Arkansas Tech University.

Delta State is scheduled to play Harding at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Arkansas Tech at 6 p.m. Saturday. The other matchups are Minnesota Duluth against Arkansas Tech at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Harding against Minnesota Duluth at 4 p.m. Saturday.

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Delta State enters the tournament after a 79-66 season-opening loss to McKendree on Monday in Lebanon, Illinois. Jariyah Williamson scored a career-high 27 points, while Adyson Roberts added a career-high 20.

Harding is 1-2 after an 84-45 win over Southwest Baptist on Wednesday. Arkansas Tech opened its season with a 78-64 home win over Arkansas-Fort Smith. Minnesota Duluth is ranked 22nd in the preseason WBCA Coaches’ Poll and was picked fifth in the NSIC preseason coaches poll.

Source: Delta 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."