Senior point guard Reniya Kelly of Hoover High School is a prolific scorer.

But the future North Carolina Tar Heel also got to show off her playmaking ability Saturday at the Mitchell Center on the campus of the University of South Alabama.

Kelly, named this week the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year, led the Alabama team with 23 points but also had eight rebounds, five assists and a steal in leading Alabama to an 88-74 win over Mississippi in the annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game.

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“I knew we had some great shooters on this team, so I knew that if I just made great decisions with the ball we could get some great looks,” Kelly said.

The Alabama shooting prowess was a deciding factor in the game. The team made 43.5 percent of its 3-point attempts, 72.2 percent of its free throws and 37.7 percent overall from the field.

Alabama made 10 3-pointers in the game, including three each from Kelly and Deshler’s Chloe Siegel, two from Olivia Vandergriff of Guntersville, and one each from Kennedy Langham of Sparkman and April Hooks of Hewitt-Trussville.

Kenny Hill of Guntersville, head coach of the Alabama team, borrowed an offensive set from Class 7A state champion Hoover to get the Alabama team going.

“I watched some film of Hoover and saw a set they ran with two bigs setting a screen up high and letting Reniya make a decision on where to go with the ball,” Hill said. “That worked for us, but we knew that shooting could come and go. We played great man-to-man defense all day and we played hard. We had fun all week, but we made it clear we were here to win.”

As expected, Mississippi was led by the player who has been the state’s best all year, Germantown 6-foot-1 guard Madison Booker. The Texas signee led Mississippi with 25 points, seven rebounds, three steals, three blocks and one assist. Kelly compared Booker to former Texas star Kevin Durant.

Alabama took the lead in the first two minutes of the game and led almost the entire way. Mississippi did take a brief three-point lead early in the second quarter before a shooting barrage proved to be the difference. Over a four-minute period, Alabama got a 3-pointers from Hooks, three long-distance bombs from Siegel and another from Kelly to complete a 15-7 run.

Siegel finished with 10 points. Langham had 14 and Vandergriff added 10. Langham led both teams with 10 rebounds.

“We fought hard and had great energy but Alabama was tough,” said Mississippi coach Tameika Brown of Madison Central. “We didn’t shoot the ball well down the stretch but I couldn’t be more proud of the effort and what a great week we had.”

Mississippi also got a strong game from Kynnedi Davis of Brandon, who scored 13 points.

Alabama avenged last year’s loss and now leads the all-time series 19-14.