By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor
CLINTON (MS) – Hewitt-Trussville’s Jordan Hunter led the Alabama All-Star girls’ basketball team to a 65-59 come-from-behind victory over the Mississippi All-Star team.
The Auburn signee earned the Alabama MVP award after scoring a team-high 25 points.
Hunter made 9-of-16 shots from the field and 6-of-8 from the charity stripe.
This year’s game was played in the A.E. Wood Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi College.
Alabama leads Mississippi 20-14 in the series and has won the last seven games.
Hewitt-Trussville’s Tonya Hunter, this year’s Alabama head coach, took her team to the locker room with a 32-29 lead.
The Mississippi All-Stars stormed back and outscored the Alabama All-Stars by ten points in the third quarter to take a 52-45 lead into the final period.
Hunter saw her team go down by 12, 57-45 after Mississippi opened the fourth by reeling off five points.
Alabama chipped away at the Mississippi lead, and Hunter gave her team the lead with a jumper with 1:02 remaining.
Hunter then rebounded a missed Mississippi shot with 43 seconds remaining and was immediately fouled.
Hunter drained both free throws to give Alabama a 63-59 lead and added two more to put the game away.