CLEVELAND, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team dropped a road game to rival Delta State, 85-62, on Monday night in Walter Sillers Coliseum.
 
TURNING POINT

• After the Choctaws (4-16, 1-15 GSC) scored the game's first two points, the Statesmen (16-6, 11-5 GSC) went on an 11-2 run and never trailed again on their way to the big home victory.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Otis Harvey nailed a three-pointer with 10:25 remaining in the opening period to cut the score to 20-17.
• The Statesmen used an 11-4 run and scored seven straight near the end of the first half to take a 41-28 lead into the break.
• Delta State was able to put the game away with an 11-0 run in the second half to grab a 25-point advantage at 67-42.

 
KEY STATS

• The Statesmen got a combined 59 points from senior Devin Schmidt (30) and sophomore Brett Warner (29).
• DSU went 13-of-29 (45%) from the three-point line, outscoring MC from behind the arc, 39-6.
• The Choctaws put four players in double-figures, led by 13 points from freshman Brandon Boston and sophomore Xavion Dillon.
• Junior Stacey Mack scored in double-figures for the 12th straight game, putting up 10 with nine rebounds.
• The Choctaws outscored the DSU bench 29-8, led by 26 combined from Boston and Dillon.

 
NEXT UP

• The Choctaws will play the next two games at home, starting with a Thursday night affair against Shorter (7:30 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.