ROME, Ga. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team scored 51 points in an 11-minute span of the second half, but Shorter University held on for a 101-91 victory on Saturday afternoon at the Winthrop-King Centre.

The Choctaws (11-12, 9-12 GSC) shot just 27% from the field in the first half and when Trevor McDade made two free throws for the Hawks (18-9, 13-8 GSC) at the 12:47 mark, Shorter had their largest lead of the game at 68-36.

In just over two minutes, MC went on a 16-2 run and cut the lead to 70-52 with 9:29 remaining as junior Tristan Moore scored two of his 23 points in the game.

The Hawks maintained the big lead until the Choctaws went on an 11-2 run and a three-pointer by senior Jay Case with 1:16 made the score 94-87. Shorter was able to hold on over the final minute to clinch the victory.

Senior Emmanuel Ezejiofo scored a season-high 26 points, going 8-of-10 from the field and a perfect 3-of-3 from the three- point line. He was also 7-of-7 from the foul line and led the team with five assists.

Case, who scored 16 points off the bench, became the 7th player in school history to make 100 career three-pointers as he was 3-of-6 from behind the arc in the game. The Brookhaven native is now shooting 47% from the three-point line, going 102-of-218 in his two seasons.

Moore scored over 20 points for the fourth time in the last five games, going 7-of-19 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free throw line.

Junior Tory Rice tallied his 14th double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds, going 6-of-8 from the field.

Dedric Ware led Shorter with 31 points, while Jordan Jacks had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

The Choctaws will close out the regular season on Thursday night when they travel to Cleveland, Miss. to face Delta State at 7:30 p.m.