Mobile defeats LSU-Shreveport in Xavier Classic

NEW ORLEANS — Raven Lyons scored 17 points Tuesday to lead Mobile to a 66-54 women's basketball victory against LSU-Shreveport in the Xavier Classic.

Both teams finished 1-1 in the four-team event. Faulkner played Xavier in the final game.

Molly Speed and Deonica McCormick scored 12 points apiece for the Lady Rams (8-3), and Jakela Johnson had 10 points and nine rebounds. Speed made four of Mobile's six 3-pointers.

Shanovia Gamblin had 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Lady Pilots (9-3), and Byroneshia Santiago had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Mobile never trailed. After a tie at 2, Johnson's basket at 16:59 put the Lady Rams ahead to stay. Mobile led 35-27 at halftime — Lyons scored 11 points in the first half — and maintained a double-digit lead for the final 12:42.

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