CLINTON, Miss. --- For the second time in less than two weeks, the Mississippi College women's basketball team will square off with the University of North Alabama as MC travels to Florence, Ala., on Thursday, Jan. 26. Tip-off at Historic Flowers Hall is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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THE SERIES
Mississippi College looks for the season sweep over North Alabama as the Lady Choctaws claimed a 78-63 victory earlier this season in Clinton. MC is 8-5 in the series with the Lions. Thursday contest is the second in less than two weeks for the two squads.
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| MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE |
NORTH ALABAMA |
| Record: 9-6, 6-5 Gulf South Conference |
Record: 14-3, 8-3 Gulf South Conference |
| Head Coach: Paul Allen Duke |
Head Coach: Missy Tiber |
| Record at MC: 353-196 (22) |
Record at UNA: 49-50 |
| Career Record: 353-196 (22) |
Career Record: 236-220 |
| STATS LEADERS |
STATS LEADERS |
| Points: Ashley Minor - 14.5 |
Points: Ivy Wallen - 19.8 |
| Rebounds: Kelley Allen - 7.5 |
Rebounds: Michaela DeKilder - 8.4 |
| Assists: Lanae' Bickham - 4.6 |
Assists: Jaclyn Heath - 4.0 |
| Steals: Kelley Allen - 3.1 |
Steals: Ivy Wallen - 2.4 |
| Blocks: Kelley Allen - 0.9 |
Blocks: Emma Wallen - 0.4 |
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE NOTES
Mississippi College has won six of its last seven contests with the lone setback coming in a four-point setback at GSC leader West Florida.
Kelley Allen and
Ashley Minor continue to lead the Lady Choctaws in scoring this season. Minor leads the team in scoring on the season with 14.5 points per game is second in scoring in GSC games averging 14.8. Allen leads the team in scoring in conference contests with 16.2 points per contest and averages 14.0 points on the season.
Five Mississippi College freshman have played nine-plus games this season.
Zariah Matthews,
Kaitlyn Thompson and
Ieisha Lacey have seen action in all 15 contests this season with
Melissa Creese playing in 12 games and
Nora Kathryn Carroll in nine games.
NORTH ALABAMA NOTES
North Alabama sits second in the GSC with an 8-3 record after winning its last two conference contests with decisions over Lee (74-69) and Shorter (76-74).
Ivy Wallen is one of two players in the conference averaging over 19 points per game. Wallen is second in the league in scoring with 19.8 points per game and 19.4 in GSC games.
North Alabama ranks first in the GSC in steals per game with 10.7. Mississippi College sits second behind the Lions with 10.3 swipes.
NEXT UP
Mississippi College wraps up a season-long, five-game, road trip on Saturday, Jan. 28 as it travels to the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Tip-off at UAH is set for 2 p.m.
