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Three in double digits help BYU women's basketball team takes UNM Thanksgiving Tournament title

Kalani Purcell, Kristine Nielson and Makenzi Pulsipher led BYU women’s basketball over Tulsa, 71-56, to capture the UNM Thanksgiving Tournament title Saturday afternoon.

Nielson was named the tournament MVP, and Purcell made the all-tournament team.

“This is a great tournament for this team and the MVP honor is great and well deserved for Kristine,” BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said. “We had a lot of kids play better today.

"Makenzi was solid and consistent as she’s been all year. Kalani had a really good game today.