Southern women rally to nip Mississippi Valley State 76-67

Courtesy MVSU Athletics

GREENWOOD, Mississippi — When the Southern women’s basketball team fell behind Mississippi Valley State by five points midway through the second half Wednesday night, it was all too familiar for Jaguars coach Sandy Pugh.

It was starting to look like a 61-57 road loss to the Devilettes last season.

“I looked at the scoreboard and I thought about last year because it was about the same juncture last year that they took the lead on us and we kind of backed up,” Pugh said after Southern rallied to beat the Devilettes 76-67 in the Leflore County Civic Center. “I thought the big difference was this year we had more offense.”

The Jaguars showed their variety of offensive weapons. Leading scorer Kendra Coleman scored a game-high 20 points, even though her first field goal didn’t come until ...

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