CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's basketball team dropped a 73-57 contest to Union University on Saturday, Feb. 18 at A.E. Wood Coliseum. UU improved to 15-11 and 10-10 in the conference while MC moves to 12-12 and 9-11 in the league.
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TURNING POINT
- After having its advantage narrowed to four points with just under 7:30 to play in the opening half, Union went on a 15-0 run to take a 35-16 lead with 2:30 left to play before the half.
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KEY STATS
- Two Lady Choctaws recorded 15 points in the setback. Olivia Mabry scored in double figures for the ninth time this season while Kelley Allen added her 19th contest in double-digits. Allen also grabbed a team-best eight rebounds.
- The Lady Choctaws posted a clip of 84.2 from the charity stripe.
- Union shot 46.0 percent from the field while MC connected on 32.1 percent.
- Union had four players in double figures led by Bria Gaines with 17 points.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- MC struck first in the contest off a 3-pointer by Mabry 18 seconds into the game.
- Chelsea Bodiford knocked down a trey to tie the outing 18 ticks later and spurred a 13-2 run by the Lady Bulldogs – giving them a 16-5 lead with just over a minute to play in the first quarter.
- MC clipped the deficit 16-10 at the end of the period on a 3-pointer from Cortrice Golden and a layup from Zariah Matthews.
- The Lady Choctaws narrowed the lead to 20-16 with 7:23 left before the half, but a Lady Bulldog run to end the first half helped UU to a 14-point lead at the intermission.
- Union grabbed its largest lead of the game, 45-24, at 6:16 mark of the third quarter on a 3-pointer from Tiffany Rechis.
- Union maintained the double-digit lead through the remainder of the game.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Union led over 38 minutes of the contest.
- MC outscored Union 8-0 in fastbreak points.
- Both teams received 17 points from their benches.
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NEXT UP
Mississippi College travels to Carrollton, Ga., on Thursday, Feb. 23 to face the University of West Georgia. Tip-off is set for 4:30 p.m. central.
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