Five Score in Double Figures as Women's Basketball Rolls Past Mississippi Valley State

Thursday, November 12

Nashville, Tenn.

6 pm

Lipscomb University

2-2,0-0ASUN

Mississippi Valley State

0-4,0-0SWAC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Mississippi Val.	10	12	17	16	55
Lipscomb	18	20	25	24	87

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11/12/2026 8:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb University Women's Basketball team (2-2) defeated Mississippi Valley State University (0-4) by an 87-55 score on Thursday evening in Allen Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Delta Devils scored the first four points on jumpers by Sydnei Marshall and Bryana Block before Taliah Lee and Lexi Primus answered inside to pull the Bisons even at 4-4. Hope Counts put the Bisons in front with a layup and free throw at 5:43, then added a jumper for a 9-5 lead to give the Bisons the lead for good.

Wiczek took over the Bisons' scoring from there, hitting 3-pointers at 4:05 and 2:38, adding a free throw and finishing with a layup before the Delta Devils scored the final basket to leave the Bisons ahead 18-10 after the first quarter.

Counts connected from 3-point range early in the second quarter, and the Bisons added to the early second-quarter cushion with two McKayla Miller layups and another Counts 3-pointer in transition off Mia Smith's assist for a 28-11 lead. Despite seven points by MVSU, Smith came back with a 3-pointer off a Counts assist to move the Bisons ahead 33-16 before the visitors worked the score to 34-21 on baskets by Kambili Nelson and Telynn Lee-Rose.

Hannah Richardson made two free throws after coming up with a steal, Elena Bertrand turned another steal into a fastbreak layup at 2:06, and the Bisons entered halftime ahead 38-22 after the Delta Devils managed only a late Lee-Rose free throw the rest of the quarter.

Primus opened the Bisons' third-quarter scoring with consecutive 3-pointers, and Smith, Miller and Primus followed with more from deep as the lead grew to 53-29. Primus added two more 3-pointers in the quarter, while Bertrand turned a steal into a layup, and the Bisons took a 63-39 lead into the fourth after Ixana Winters hit a 3-pointer at the horn for the Delta Devils.

The Delta Devils scored the first six points of the fourth before the Bisons answered through Miller, Smith, Counts and Wiczek. Wiczek hit three 3-pointers in the quarter, Bertrand added a transition score and free throw, and the Bisons closed out the 87-55 win.

HERD NOTES
The Bisons shot 51.7% from the field and knocked down 16 3-pointers.

Twenty-one of Lipscomb's 87 points came off of 21 Mississippi Valley State turnovers.

Five Bisons scored in double figures in the win. This was the seventh time since the 2023-24 season that has happened in a game.

QUOTABLE
Hear from Lexi Primus and Lauren Sumski postgame.

KEY STATISTICS
Converting five shots from beyond the arc, Lexi Primus posted a career-best 17 points on 6-of-9 from the field with three blocks.

After scoring nine points in the first quarter, Tess Wiczek led all scorers with 18 points, as she also knocked down five 3-pointers and added four assists.

McKayla Miller nearly missed a double-double with 13 points and nine boards, while Mia Smith had 12 points and dished out four assists.

Hope Counts added 14 points, with seven boards and three assists, while Elena Bertrand posted seven points and four steals and assists each.

UP NEXT
The Bisons will next prepare for a road trip to Chattanooga to take on the Mocs. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. CST.