CLINTON, Miss. --- Kristen Sampson scored a career-high 32 points as the Mississippi College women's basketball team defeated the University of North Alabama 91-80 in Gulf South Conference play. The point total marks the most for the Lady Choctaws (4-7, 2-6 GSC) this season and the most since hanging 91 on Lane College last season.
 
The 32 points surpasses Sampson's previous high of 25 points against Lane as she becomes the first Lady Choctaw with 30-plus points since Rosemary Green scored 30 against Howard Payne on Jan. 12, 2008. Sampson also grabbed nine rebounds, missing her first career double-double by one board.
 
Chloe Roberts and Carla Clemmons joined the Jackson, Miss., native in double figures. Clemmons supplied 13 and grabbed a team-best 12 rebounds to earn her second double-double of the season. Roberts, a Reagan, Tenn., native continues to impress in her first season as she scored 17 points. She's scored in double-digits in all 11 games.
 
The win over the Purple and Gold marks the seventh in the series for Mississippi College and the first since Feb. 6, 1993.
 
MC shot a season-best 61 percent from the field and for the second time this season outrebounded its opposition. The Navy and Gold grabbed 36 boards and held a plus-seven advantage on the glass.
 
The Lady Choctaws, which led by as many 21 points on the night, dominated the Lions in the paint, as they outscored UNA 60-44. MC also received production from its bench as it outscored North Alabama 17-15.
 
KeKe Gunter led a quartet UNA players in double figures with 24 points. Katelyn Nunley added 15 points with 12 coming from Shunice Herron. Jaclyn Heath rounded out the group with 11 points. North Alabama finished the night shooting 43.8 percent from the field.
 
Mississippi College returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 9 as it travels to Rome, Ga., to face Shorter University in GSC action. Tip is slated for 1 p.m. central.