Pat Coleman's Tour de Tejas got off to a rollicking start as Tarra Richardson had 27 points and 10 rebounds and Symbri Tuttle posted 10 assists as the No. 15 McMurry women rolled past Mississippi College 87-62 (photo gallery). The ranked team won in the nightcap as well, as No. 20 Mississippi College beat the McMurry men 73-57.

It's the beginning of a five-day stretch in which the D3hoops.com publisher will take in 10 games in the Lone Star State. He'll also file a podcast interview each night. Tonight he talked to Mississippi College men's coach Mike Jones about his return to the bench this season, the Choctaws' struggles to advance in the NCAA Tournament and how he reached his team when it was trailing by 10 early on. Click to play, right-click to download: Tour de Tejas Day 1. Tour de Tejas front page.

Elsewhere, Misericordia rallied from a 31-point second-half deficit to shock Cabrini 88-81 in men's action. The Cougars trailed 63-32 with 16:13 remaining in the game, then scored 17 unanswered points over the next five minutes, two seconds.

After a Cabrini bucket, the Cougars went on a 9-1 run to make it 66-58 with 8:18 left. Misericordia eventually tied it with 2:09 to go, then scored the next 10 points to put the game away. Full story and Thursday's men's scores.

In a light night for women's games, Mary Hardin-Baylor put four scorers in double figures to upend Texas-Tyler 73-65. Moravian crawled past New Jersey 48-36. Thursday's women's scores.

The Tour de Tejas continues Friday night with a trip to Southwestern for the Pirates' doubleheader against Millsaps.