Mississippi State women’s basketball registered successive wins for the first time in SEC play this season with a 75-66 road win over Arkansas in Fayetteville on Monday.
The Bulldogs started off hot out of the gates, hitting five of their first eight shots and building a 13-0 lead in the first four minutes of action. Favour Nwaedozi nearly recorded a first-half double-double with 10 points and seven rebounds, and four teammates posted at least five points each in the opening 20 minutes.
MSU shooters were 8-14 shooting the three-ball in the first half, fuelling a prolific start and establishing a 37-24 advantage at the halftime break. The game got a bit more physical in the second half, but MSU ended with four players in double digits on the scoresheet. Jaylah Lampley led the team with 16 points while Madison Francis and Nwaedozi finished with 13 each and Trayanna Crisp hit 11. Lampley, Crisp, Francis and Awa Fane added three triples each on a night when the team as a whole hit 14 shots from beyond the arc.
The Razorbacks made a strong push to get back into the game in the third quarter, shooting 8-15 with a trio of three pointers, to cut the Bulldog lead down to 10 points going into the fourth quarter. The hosts hit all of their three-pointers in the second half as they tried to close the gap. They won the third frame by three points, but MSU was able to hold onto a 10-point advantage throughout the fourth quarter to see out the win.
MSU returns to Starkville for its next matchup against Florida on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
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