THIBODAUX, La. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team played their final road exhibition game of the season Thursday afternoon, falling to Nicholls 86-55.


GAME DETAILS
Final: Nicholls 86, MC 55
Location: Stopher Gymnasium -- Thibodaux, La.
Series: Exhibition Game
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore David Fisher nailed a three-pointer with 18:15 remaining in the first half to give the Choctaws a 6-2 advantage. Fisher went 2-of-4 from long range, scoring six points in the contest.
- The Colonels went on a 9-0 run to grab the lead for good and took a 40-23 lead into the halftime break. They would open the second half on a 29-5 run to put the game away.
- The Choctaws closed the game on a 14-5 run to give the game its final score.

STAT OF THE GAME
- The Colonels scored 27 points 17 MC turnovers and outscored the Choctaws 21-6 in fast break points.

TEAM STATS
- The Choctaws shot 40% (22-of-55) from the field, but only went 2-of-15 (13%) from the three-point line.
- The Colonels shot 49% (34-of-70) from the floor and were 14-of-34 (41%) from behind the arc.
- Against the much larger Colonels, MC was only outrebounded 40-35 and outscored in the paint, 34-28.

PLAYER STATS
- Junior Stacey Mack (McComb, Miss.) led the Choctaws with 17 points and 12 rebounds, recording his second double-double in as many exhibition games this season.
- Freshman Brandon Boston (Pearl, Miss.) scored a team-high 10 first-half points and finished with 16 for the Choctaws.
- Lafayette Rutledge led the Colonels with a game-high 18 points, going 6-of-12 from the three-point line.
- Liam Thomas had a game-high 11 rebounds to go along with eight points.

NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will close out the regular season on Saturday when they host William Carey at 4:00 p.m. in A.E. Wood Coliseum. The regular season starts on Tuesday (Nov. 22) when MC welcomes Auburn Montgomery to Clinton at 7:30 p.m.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC is recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
 
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
 
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.