Krishina Moore couldn’t remember her team’s exact record in the 2015-16 season. Maybe she doesn’t want to.

This season, though, is etched into her brain forever.

Moore’s Vicksburg Junior High team went from worst to first in the Little Six Conference this season, winning its last 13 games and the seventh- and eighth-grade league’s tournament championship. It was a stunning turnaround for a program that went winless the season before and hadn’t won the title in recent memory.

“It was exciting. I was more excited for the girls. You can see they understood what they’re supposed to be doing out there, and they got excited for each other when they did something good,” said Moore, the Missy Gators’ coach. “I’m hoping the other girls will see this success and want to be a part of the basketball program. Winning the Little Six is something we haven’t had in Vicksburg in a while. I’m hoping this will grow into something amazing.”

Vicksburg won its first four games, lost the next two, and then went undefeated the rest of the way. It capped the championship run by beating Brandon 32-30 in the tournament final, as Brandi Dillon hit two free throws in the final seconds to seal it.

Moore said the Missy Gators’ turnaround was sparked, pure and simple, by hard work.

“We returned four girls from last year’s team that didn’t win a game. All of them came in and worked hard and didn’t complain,” Moore said. “It’s just the fact that the ones that came back worked hard. We were blessed with a couple of seventh-graders that really played well.”

Among the seventh-graders were two of the team’s leading scorers, Yakia Burns and Destini Sims. Burns averaged 20 points per game and Sims averaged 15.

“Yakia is going to be special. And Destini is going to be special. Hopefully they can teach the younger girls next year, like the eighth-graders taught them this year,” Moore said.

Moore added that she was thankful for the support of the team’s parents, fans and the community. She hopes this title reinvigorates interest in the program.

“I want to thank the parents for sticking with us and seeing us through the Little Six. They’ve been through the worst,” Moore said. “And we’ve had great assistant coaches, with (DeAndre King) and Coach (Jennifer) Stewart. Hopefully we can keep this winning thing going.”