CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host West Florida on Saturday afternoon at A.E. Wood Coliseum. Tip-off for the Gulf South Conference contest is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

This will be the 8th all-time meeting between the two schools with MC holding a 4-3 edge in the series. UWF won the first three meetings, while the Choctaws have won four straight, including all three since re-starting GSC play last season.

The teams faced off in Pensacola back on December 17th, and the Choctaws opened up a 14-point lead in the opening half. The Argos closed fast and MC had to hold off a late charge to pick up an 84-82 victory. Four players scored in double-figures, led by Tristan Moore with 20 and seven assists. Five players scored in double-figures for UWF, led by Rashaan Benson with 16.

The Choctaws are coming off a home loss to Valdosta State on Thursday night that saw them lead for nearly 36 minutes in the contest. It was MC's first loss of the season when holding a lead with five minutes remaining. Jonathan McGee scored 25 points, going 5-of-11 from the three-point line, while Justin Simon led VSU with 20 points and 14 rebounds.

MC head coach Don Lofton comes into his 12th season with his 200th career victory in sight. Lofton, who has been a part of the program for more than 30 years, has won 195 games as the head man and coached his 300th career game against UWF.

Moore (13.5 ppg / 4.1 apg) is MC's all-time leader in assist (4.2) and steals per game (1.9). On his current pace, he is set to become just the 10th player in school history to dish out 200 career helpers. On Thursday night, the Senatobia native scored 17 points, going 13-of-13 from the free throw line.

McGee (12.3 ppg) has been hot of late, going 10-of-19 (53%) from the three-point line in his last two games, making five long balls in each contest. His 25 points against VSU was his second-highest scoring game of the season after putting up 29 against Shorter (Jan. 9).

Johnny Rucker (12.4 ppg) joins Moore as the only two players to start all 18 games this season. The Yazoo City native has scored in double-figures in all but six games this season, including four of his last five.

The McComb sophomore duo of Stacey Mack (6.1 ppg) and Antonio Johnson (4.3 ppg) have continued their production in their second season. Mack leads the team with 11 blocks, while Johnson ranks 2nd on the team with 19 three-pointers made.

The Argonauts are led by first-year head coach Jeff Burkahmer, who creeping up on 400 career victories in his 20th season as a head coach. UWF has lost seven straight games and 13 of their last 14, including a 74-48 loss at Delta State on Thursday night.

UWF scored just 19 second-half points en route to the loss in Cleveland. Rashaan Benson was the only Argo in double-figures with 16 points, while Austin Somerfield scored seven points with nine rebounds.

Somerfield (14.6 ppg / 9.4 rpg) is the team's leading scorer and rebounder and ranks behind Tory Rice (11.8 rpg) as the top glass-cleaner in the league. He is shooting 50% from the floor and is outrebounding his next best teammate by nearly four boards.

Benson (10.7 ppg) and Mario Stramaglia (10.3 ppg) are also averaging in double-figures, followed closely by Jelani Pruitt (9.8 ppg) and Lendward Griffin (9.1 ppg). The Argos are shooting just 44% from the field this season and ranks 8th in free throw percentage (.656).