GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Utah 109, Mississippi Valley State 42
Associated Press
ITTA BENA, Miss. - Alissa Pili scored 28 points on 12-of-16 shooting and No. 16 Utah rolled to a 109-42 win over Mississippi Valley State in the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series.
Gianna Kneepkens added 12 points and three reserves reached double figures for the Utes (7-0), led by Isabel Palmer with 13.
Zakiya Mahoney scored 20 points to lead the Delta Devils (1-6).
The Legacy Series is a basketball scheduling partnership between the two leagues. It is the first between a Power 5 and HBCU leagues, established to create a forum for games as well as promote and educate about anti-racism and social justice.
Utah made 10 3-pointers and shot 54% overall, but struggled at the line, going 17 of 32 (53%).
The Utes led 44-14 at the half as MVSU was just 5-of-25 shooting. Then Utah had a 36-18 advantage in the third quarter, easily surpassing 100 for the third time, including exhibitions. Utah has the No. 2 scoring offense at 95 points a game.
December 1, 2022
| Utah | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Johnson | F | 20 | 2-6 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| A. Pili | F | 16 | 12-16 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| I. Vieira | G | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| K. McQueen | G | 21 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| G. Kneepkens | G | 17 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Young | 23 | 1-7 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| K. Rees | 20 | 2-3 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| I. Palmer | 19 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| L. White | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| T. Sidberry | 13 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| N. Ojukwu | 8 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Totals | 200 | 41-76 (.539) |
17-32 (.531) |
10-29 (.345) |
20-50 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 109 | |
| Mississippi Valley State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Gibson | F | 30 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Z. Harleaux | F | 19 | 0-5 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Z. Mahoney | G | 36 | 7-19 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| K. Hunt | G | 35 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| K. Johnson | G | 14 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| E. Saffold | 26 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| A. Williams | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| K. Jones | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| A. Ali | 5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| N. Guillory | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 15-48 (.313) |
10-24 (.417) |
2-11 (.182) |
9-31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 30 | 42 | |
Officials: Eric Baker, Neumta Williams, LaShunda Kidd
Attendance: 1,206
