Sans Jackson, Bulldogs pick up first SEC win at Alabama

Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
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Jan. 7—The Mississippi State women played without SEC leading scorer Rickea Jackson Thursday night but that didn't stop the Bulldogs from picking up a road win.

Anastasia Hayes scored 22 points, and MSU knocked off Alabama 65-62 at Coleman Coliseum.

Hayes was 9 for 17 from the floor and scored nine points in the last 8 minutes, 33 seconds.

A Hayes layup with 1:33 remaining gave the Bulldogs a seven-point lead.

Sixteen points from Jerkaila Jordan and 14 from Myah Taylor helpd MSU off-set the 20.7 points a game they get from Jackson.

Alabama (10-4, 1-2 SEC) hurt the Bulldogs (10-4, 1-1 SEC) from the 3-point line where it was 10 for 27.

MSU, though, was dominant in the paint where it outscored the Tide 40-22.

The Bulldogs are at home against Vanderbilt Sunday at 2.

PARRISH ALFORD is the college sports editor and columnist for the Daily Journal. Contact him at parrish.alford@journalinc.com.