CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team erased an 18-point first half deficit on their way to a 72-66 win over Spring Hill College on Saturday afternoon in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

KEY STATS
- Senior DeOndre Haynes led the Choctaws with 19 points, scoring 15 in the second half, with eight rebounds and five assists.
- Juniors Antonio Johnson (16) and Stacey Mack (13) were also in double-figures with Mack and senior Byron McCall joining Haynes with a team-high eight boards.
- The Choctaws shot 50% (13-of-26) from the field in the second half after shooting just 35% (11-of-31) from the floor in the first 20 minutes.
- MC went 17-of-19 (89.5%) from the foul line, including going 12-of-14 (86%) in the second half.
- The Choctaw defense held Spring Hill to just 26% (10-of-38) shooting from the field in the second half.
- The Badgers had 19 assists on 26 field goals, led by seven helpers from Jared Holland.
- Walter Massey had a team-high 20 points, while Raphael Jones scored 14 points, going 4-of-10 from the three-point line.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Antonio Johnson hit a three-pointer with 16:01 remaining in the first half, cutting Spring Hill's early lead to 8-7.
- The Badgers went on an 11-2 run, capped by a layup from William Loyd that made the score 19-9 with 12:55 remaining in the first 20 minutes.
- Spring Hill would go on another run, outscoring MC 16-4 over an eight-minute stretch to grab their largest lead of the game, 35-17, with 3:36 to go in the first half.
- Johnson's three-pointer in the final seconds of the first half cut the score to 43-31 at the break.
- MC went on a 12-0 run over the end of the first and the beginning of the second halves, capped by a layup from Haynes.
- Johnson's fourth three-pointer of the night with 5:50 to go in the game gave the Choctaws their first lead of the night, 61-60.
- The Choctaws held Spring Hill scoreless over the final 1:30 of the game to hang on for the four-point win.

GAME NOTES
- The Choctaws are now 8-5 all-time against Spring Hill and 5-0 when the teams play in Clinton.
- Head coach Don Lofton won his 199th career game in his 13th season at the helm.
- The Choctaws have now trailed by double-figures in their first two games of the season (both wins).

NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will open Gulf South Conference play on Thursday (Dec. 1) night when they host rival Delta State at 7:30 p.m. in A.E. Wood Coliseum.
 

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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.