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- Updated: March 14, 2026
Oxford’s Jaylen Alexander named Alabama’s MVP after Mississippi rolls to victory in annual all-state game. Alabama girls dominate.
By East Alabama Sports Today
CLINTON, Miss. — Add another plaudit to Jaylen Alexander’s mounting collection … Alabama most valuable player of the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game.
Alexander scored 13 points, pulled down six rebounds, had three assists and grabbed five steals in Alabama’s 98-79 loss to Mississippi.
Alexander was named Alabama’s MVP. Blake Nettes was Mississippi’s MVP after a 16-point, eight-rebound, four-steal performance.
Alexander was a week removed from earning most valuable player of the Class 6A state tournament, after leading Oxford to its first-ever state championship in basketball.
Mississippi also got 16 points from Jaden Tate, 13 from Devin Moore and 11 apiece from Landon Hall and Max Baria.
Alabama’s Milton Jones scored a team-high 15 points. Tucker Wadsworth added 11, and Daeshaun Morrissette added 10.
Girls
ALABAMA 93, MISSISSIPPI 65: The Alabama girls’ domination in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic has never been evident than in the first half of Saturday’s Mississippi College’s A.E. Woods Coliseum.
Alabama’s team — which won the annual all-star clash with Mississippi for the ninth straight year, improving to 22-14 in the 36-year series — dominated on offense and defense while spreading the ball out offensively resulting in six players scoring in double figures and two others scoring nine points.
Alabama’s girls forced nine first-quarter turnovers to build a 27-point lead by halftime, 52-25. The defensive pressure interrupted any offense the hosts tried to run – regardless of the five Alabama All-Stars on the court.
Montgomery Catholic’s Hannah Smith, who was selected the Alabama MVP, scored 12 points, all in the first half, and finished with 10 rebounds. Her defense inside, along with the strong play of Hoover center Khloe Ford and Park Crossing forward Maliyah Meeks, limited Mississippi’s second-shot chances and forced the host team to shoot just 36.8 percent from the field.
The defense was especially smothering in the first half with Mississippi turning the ball over 21 times. Mississippi finished with 28 total turnovers while Alabama had 22.
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