CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team just missed out on an upset win, falling to #10 Christian Brothers, 79-76, on Saturday afternoon in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws fell to 3-3 and 1-1 in Gulf South Conference play, while the Bucs improved to 7-0 and 2-0 in league action.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws and Bucs played a tight first 10 minutes with the game tied at 19-19 with 10:14 remaining in the first half.
- MC would score the next 11 points, holding CBU scoreless over the next five minutes to grab a 30-19 advantage with 5:34 to go.
- The Choctaws would continue to extend the lead and when senior Antonio Johnson hit a pair of foul shots with 2:47 remaining, MC had their largest lead of the night at 37-21.
- The Bucs would cut into the lead and a three-pointer by Jeff Larkin in the final minute made the score 39-31 at halftime.
- In the second half, the Choctaws would continue to hold the lead against the nationally-ranked Bucs, and when Johnson hit a three-pointer with 12:40 remaining, MC held a 57-44 advantage.
- From that point, the Bucs flexed their muscles and went on a 21-3 run to grab a 65-60 lead with 6:52 remaining, their largest lead of the night.
- The Choctaws would not go away, however, and junior Donovan Ham, who scored a career-high 20 points, converted a three-point play to tie the score at 66-66 with 5:10 to go.
- The game would go back-and-forth over the final minutes and Johnson split a pair of free throws to tie the score at 74-74 with :56 remaining.
- Leading by one, Larkin made two free throws for CBU with three seconds remaining and the score was 79-76.
- Senior Stacey Mack found junior Xavion Dillon with a full-court pass and Dillon found Johnson for an open look at a three-pointer that just missed as time expired.
 

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KEY STATS
- The Choctaws shot 50% (27-of-54) from the field and outrebounded the Bucs 36-29.
- MC also went 17-of-22 (77%) from the free throw line and scored 28 points in the paint on the night.
- Ham and Johnson each scored 20 points to lead the Choctaws, combining to go 14-of-22 from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line.
- Mack tallied his second straight double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, scoring all of his points in the second half.
- Johnson also had a team-high five assists, while junior Davy Fisher posted a team-best three steals.
- The Bucs shot 52% (15-of-29) from the floor in the second half and went 7-of-11 from the three-point line in the final 20 minutes.
- Larkin scored a game-high 25 points and had a team-best seven assists.
- Adam Dieball scored 18 points with six assists, while Luke Rudy scored 16 points off the bench with a team-best six rebounds.
 

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GAME NOTES
- The Choctaws are now 5-8 all-time against CBU, with the Bucs winning the last seven meetings and all seven since MC moved back to Division II and the GSC.
- The Choctaws led for 30:06 in the contest and the game was tied for 3:10.
- MC scored on 67% of their 66 possessions.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will be back in action on Tuesday (December 5) night when they travel to Hattiesburg to face William Carey in an exhibition game at 7:00 p.m.
 

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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.