HOBBS, N.M. — Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball made zero 3-pointers, and season scoring leader Nia Bishop finished with six points. But the Gold Nuggets rolled Thursday to a 68-56 Red River Athletic Conference victory against the University of the Southwest and increased their winning streak to 12 games.
        XULA (18-5 overall, 13-1 RRAC) got 14 points apiece from O.C. Mbakop Ngassam and Victory Udechi, 10 from Jordyn Manning and eight from Da'Jha Virgil.
        "It was a very good team win," XULA head coach Bo Browder said. "We got balanced scoring, and the defense was really good in the fourth quarter. We're just trying to keep improving, and hopefully we'll be focused for Saturday and the conference tournament later on."
        Jazmyne Jenkins scored 15 points for Southwest (4-20, 3-10), which made six 3s.
        Bishop scored less than 10 points for the first time since a Dec. 6 loss at William Carey. Since then she reached double figures in nine consecutive games, including 21, 19 and 18 points the previous three contests.
        XULA's current win streak ties for the seventh longest in the program's Title IX history, and it's the Gold Nuggets' longest since 12 in a row in 2012-13.
        It was XULA's 11th double-digit victory this season and the seventh in the winning streak. The Gold Nuggets earned their seventh road victory in the streak.
        XULA remained one game in the loss column behind RRAC leader Our Lady of the Lake (15-10, 12-0). The Saints will conclude their regular season with RRAC games against Texas A&M-Texarkana at home Saturday and on the road Tuesday at Huston-Tillotson.
        XULA will bus to Dallas Friday and play RRAC opponent Paul Quinn at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Gold Nuggets' Tuesday home game against Wiley will not be played; it'll be a forfeit victory for XULA. The Lady Wildcats pulled out of their remaining games Monday because of — as listed on Wiley's athletics website — "a lack of players" caused by "injuries and other issues (that) reduced the roster below a safe number to compete."

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XULA individual points vs. Southwest:  O.C. Mbakop Ngassam 14, Victory Udechi 14, Jordyn Manning 10, Da'Jha Virgil 8, Nia Bishop 6, Rayna Ross 4, Abryhia Irons 4, Kyla Duncan 4, Destinee Pointer 3, Madison Branch 1

XULA women's basketball longest winning streaks:  22 in 1997-98, 21 in 2009-10, 18 in 2004-05, 17 in 1993-94, 15 in 2002-03, 13 in 2000-01, 12 in 2021-22, 12 in 2012-13, 12 in 1996-97, 12 in 1994-95, 11 in 1986-87, 10 in 2003-04, 10 in 1995-96, 10 in 1980-81