CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's basketball team returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as it hosts Henderson State University. Tip-off at A.E. Wood Coliseum is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
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THE SERIES
• Mississippi College and Henderson State will meet for the seventh time in series history on Tuesday evening and the first time since Feb. 10, 1996. HSU leads the series 4-2 having claimed the final meeting in Arkadelphia, Ark., 75-57. Tuesday's tilt marks the fourth time the two teams have met in Clinton and the first since Jan. 13, 1996 - a Lady Choctaws' 70-66 victory. MC won the first meeting in the series, 81-66, on Jan. 11, 1994.
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE NOTES
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• Three Lady Choctaws scored in double figures against Lane College led by
Kelley Allen's 19 points. The junior college transfer recorded a double-double in her debut with 12 rebounds to go along with her point total.
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Cortrice Golden and
Olivia Mabry each added 11 points to join Allen in double-digits. Golden was two rebounds shy of joining her fellow newcomer with a double-double in her debut. Mabry finished one point shy of tying her career-high of 12 points set on Dec. 20, 2014 against the Ozarks.
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• Mabry, a native of Meridian, Miss., also recorded a career-high six steals against the Lady Dragons to lead the team.
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• Next up for MC is Tougaloo on Monday, Nov. 28. Tip-off at Tougaloo is scheduled for 6 p.m. It marks the first road game for the Lady Choctaws this season.
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HENDERSON STATE NOTES
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• Henderson enters the Tuesday night tilt riding a two-game win streak and sit 2-2 on the season. Both vicitories have come in Great American Conference play against Southern Nazarene and Oklahoma Baptist.
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• The Reddies have five players averaging double figures scoring this season led by Pink Jones' 15 points. Hailey Estes is averaging 14.8 points and also leads the team in rebounds (8.3), assists (2.8), blocks (1.0) and steals (2.3) on the season.
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• HSU's contest at Mississippi College is the first of five straight away from Arkadelphia, Ark. The Reddies have contests with Arkansas-Fort Smith, East Central, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Rogers State during the stretch.