CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team shot just 27% (17-of-63) from the field in a 72-55 loss to Lee University on Thursday night in Paul Dana Walker Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Freshman Brandon Boston scored the game's first points with 17:55 to go in the first half, giving the Choctaws (3-2, 0-2 GSC) an early 2-0 lead.
- Junior Antonio Johnson knocked down a three-pointer with 14:57 remaining to give MC their final lead of the game at 7-6.
- The Flames (6-2, 2-0 GSC) answered with a 9-0 run and closed the half by outscoring the Choctaws 31-11 to take a 37-18 lead into the half.
- Lee took their biggest lead of the night with 6:18 remaining when Isaac Merian's three-pointer made the score 66-35.
- The Choctaws closed the game on a 20-6 run to give the game its final score.

KEY STATS
- The Choctaws went just 6-of-29 (20.7%) from the field in the first half, scoring 18 points.
- MC scored 28 points off the bench, led by sophomore Davy Fisher with 10. The Rome, Ga. native went 2-of-5 from the three-point line and 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
- Boston led the Choctaws with 13 points, going 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
- Freshman Tucker Campbell scored a career-high eight points, going 2-of-4 from the three-point line.
- The Choctaws were outrebounded 45-33, and the Flames outscored MC in the paint, 36-16.
- Keevin Tyus led the Flames with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Merian was also in double-figures with 11 points.
- Lee shot 46% from the field and had 17 assists on 26 made field goals.

GAME NOTES
- Lee now leads the all-time series with the Choctaws 3-2, including winning 2-of-3 games in Cleveland.
- None of the first four games between the two schools had been decided by more than nine points until Thursday night.
- The Choctaws played with their third different starting lineup of the season as Boston earned his first career start.
- Johnson's three-pointer in the first half gave the Choctaws a long-range make for the 487th straight game, dating back to March 5, 1998.

NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will stay on the road to face Shorter University at 3:00 p.m. (CT) in Rome, Ga.
 

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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.