State suffers first loss in heartbreaking 78-75 road affair at Georgia Tech
Mississippi State met its first match in women’s basketball Wednesday night at the SEC/ACC Challenge.
State and Georgia Tech competed in Atlanta in a battle of unbeatens. For the Bulldogs, second half turnovers proved crucial as the Yellow Jackets took advantage and found a way in a 78-75 victory.
In a game where State had 17 total turnovers, 11 of them in the second half would be the culprit. MSU gave up 13 points from turnovers. That allowed the Jackets to go from a 39-34 halftime deficit to grabbing a five-point lead in the second half.
The Bulldogs were able to take a late lead on a Debreasha Powe 3-pointer that made it 75-74 in the final minute, but State could score no more after that.
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MSU (8-1) shot 54% from the field and made 7-of-17 3-pointers while holding the Yellow Jackets to 38% from the field. Georgia Tech did make 12-of-38 3-pointers. State won the rebounding 38-34 but surrendered 12 offensive boards and gave up nine second chance points. MSU had just three offensive boards with no points.
It was Jerkaila Jordan’s best game of the season as the senior guard had 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting with five rebounds. Eniya Russell finished with 18 points on 8-of-15, nine rebounds and nine assists, but she had seven turnovers.
Chandler Prater had 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting off the bench with six rebounds and three assists.
The Bulldogs will try to rebound from the first defeat of the year as they stay on the road Sunday and travel to Chicago to take on Chicago State and former MSU assistant Corry Irvin. Game time is set for 5 p.m. CT and the game can be seen on ESPN+.
