BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. — Blue Mountain’s women’s basketball team defeated the Thomas University Night Hawks 77-38 on Thursday night in a Southern States Athletic Conference matchup, Blue Mountain said. The Toppers set the tone early with defensive intensity and efficient scoring and maintained control throughout the game.
The Southern States Athletic Conference is an NAIA league that includes small colleges across the southeastern United States. Conference games like Thursday’s carry significance for postseason positioning and conference standings as the season progresses.
Blue Mountain College fields an NAIA women’s basketball program that competes regularly against regional opponents such as Thomas University, which is also a member of the SSAC. The decisive victory reflects the Toppers’ defensive focus in this meeting, though specific individual statistics were not released.
Further details, including player statistics and postgame comments, were not provided in the initial report. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
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."
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