NEW ORLEANS — Shylia McGee, Abryhia Irons and Nina German combined for 35 second-half points Saturday to help Xavier University of Louisiana roll to a 74-54 Red River Athletic Conference women's basketball victory against Jarvis Christian.
        The Gold Nuggets (9-4 overall, 4-3 RRAC) trailed 29-28 at halftime, then outscored the Bulldogs 46-25 in XULA's highest-scoring second half in nearly two years.
        McGee finished with 20 points, Irons 15 and German 11. Ashanti LaVergne scored 12 points for XULA. Irons grabbed a career-high-tying 12 rebounds in her second straight double-double. McGee reached 20 points for the fifth time this season.
        XULA made 22-of-25 free throws, and German and LaVergne were 6-of-6 apiece.
        RRAC scoring leader Faith Robinson had 20 points for Jarvis Christian (6-6, 3-5), and Jada Williams scored 14.
        XULA is 6-0 at home this season and has won 11 straight and 22 of the last 25 in its Convocation Center. The victory was XULA's fourth this season after trailing at halftime.
        The Gold Nuggets will be on the road next week for three games: 5:30 p.m. Monday at city rival and NAIA No. 9 Loyola, 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Texas A&M-Texarkana and 2 p.m. Saturday at Paul Quinn. TAMUT (13-1, 8-0) is the only team with fewer than two RRAC losses this season.