NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team outscored Southern-New Orleans 27-6 in the final 9:26 to pick up a 77-60 victory on Tuesday night in The Castle.

The Choctaws improved to 1-2 on the season, while the Knights fell to 0-4.
 

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TURNING POINT
- Trailing 54-50 with just over nine minutes remaining, the Choctaws would go on a 7-0 run, sparked by a three-point play by senior Stacey Mack to take a lead they would not relinquish.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The two teams went back-and-forth in the first half with Mack scoring the Choctaws' first 13 points to give MC a 13-11 lead with 15:04 remaining in the first half.
- The Knights would use an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to take their largest lead of the night at 21-15 with just under 12 minutes to go.
- MC answered with a 6-0 run to tie the game and neither team would take more than a three-point lead the rest of the half as the Choctaws would grab a 38-36 advantage at the break.
- In the second half, the Choctaws appeared to be taking control as a layup by sophomore Brandon Boston gave them a 48-43 advantage with 15:12 remaining.
- The Knights scored the next nine points and would eventually grab a 54-50 lead with 9:26 remaining.
- The Choctaws would take over from the point, holding SUNO to just six points the rest of the way, including missing 10 straight field goals and going just 2-for-17 from the field over the final 13:25.
- Conversely, MC would make 8-of-9 shots over a six-minute span and go 8-of-11 from the field over the final run to clinch the 17-point victory.
 

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KEY STATS
- The Choctaws shot 54% (28-of-52) from the field, including 57% (13-of-23) in the second half.
- MC scored 32 points in the paint and put up 16 points off 17 SUNO turnovers.
- Mack tied a career and season-high with 23 points, going 9-of-12 from the field and 2-of-3 from the three-point line.
- Junior Donovan Ham (16) and Boston (14) also scored in double-figures, while junior Davy Fisher had nine points on the night.
- The Choctaws outrebounded the Knights 38-32, led by Boston and Mack with eight rebounds apiece.
- MC also had 17 assists on 28 made field goals with Boston and Fisher tallying a team-high four helpers.
- The Knights shot 34% (20-of-59) from the field and went just 4-of-25 (16%) from the three-point line.
- Marcel Daniels scored a team-high 20 points, while Teandre Jones had 10.
 

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GAME NOTES
- This was the first-ever meeting between MC and SUNO.
- The teams are scheduled to play again in Clinton on Monday, November 20th.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will be at home on Saturday (November 18) to face William Carey in an exhibition game at 4:00 p.m. at 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.