The Simmons Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Okolona Chieftains at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Simmons comes in on 17 and Okolona on four.
Simmons is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 58-28 victory over Sebastopol. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Moesha Hoskins
| 02/25/26 @ Sebastopol | 3 |
| 02/20/26 vs Lumberton | 3 |
| 02/16/26 vs Ethel | 9 |
| 02/13/26 vs Shaw | 7 |
| 02/12/26 vs South Delta | 5 |
| + 3 more games |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Simmons to victory, but perhaps none more so than Moesha Hoskins, who went 6-for-9 en route to 13 points along with seven boards and three steals. Hoskins is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in each of the last eight games she's played. Another player making a difference was Kristen Johnson, who shot 86% from the field on her way to 15 points and three steals.
58 must be Okolona's lucky number: they beat Blue Mountain with that score not once but twice on Wednesday. The Chieftains beat the Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 58-42. Given the Chieftains' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Cougars are ranked 126th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Okolona's win bumped their record up to 26-5. As for Simmons, their victory bumped their record up to 25-3.
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