CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- Sophomore Brandon Boston scored a career-high 32 points as the Mississippi College men's basketball team picked up an important road win over Lee University on Saturday afternoon in the Paul Dana Walker Arena.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Choctaws and improved their record to 8-8 with a 5-6 mark in the Gulf South Conference. The Flames fell to 11-7 with a 6-5 league mark.
 

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TURNING POINT
- After a back-and-forth first half that saw the Choctaws take a 38-36 lead into halftime, MC would go on an 9-3 run to open the second 20 minutes and grab a 47-39 advantage. The lead would not fall below five points the rest of the afternoon.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams got the offense going early and when Chase Cullen hit a layup for the Flames with 8:54 remaining in the first half, Lee took a 22-21 advantage.
- It would be the last time the Flames would have a lead in the game as the Choctaws scored the next five points.
- Senior Antonio Johnson would convert a three-point play in the final seconds of the first half, and despite a bucket by Lee at the buzzer, MC took a 38-36 lead into the half.
- The Choctaws would continue to grow the lead in the second half, keeping the Flames at arm's length thanks to the outstanding play of Boston.
- The Pearl native hit a free throw with 2:07 remaining in the game to give the Choctaws their largest lead of the night at 77-63.
- The Choctaws would close the game 10-of-12 from the free throw line in the final minute to salt away the victory.
 

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KEY STATS
- Boston went 11-of-16 from the floor and 10-of-12 from the free throw line to score the most points for a Choctaw in at least 20 years.
- As a team, the Choctaws shot 53% (26-of-49) from the field and went 31-of-43 (72%) from the foul line in the victory.
- Johnson scored 18 points and tied senior Otis Harvey with a team-high four assists.
- Junior Donovan Ham recorded his first double-double of the year with 10 points and a season-high 14 rebounds.
- Harvey also poured in 13 points, while sophomore Tucker Campbell came off the bench to score seven.
- MC's defense held Lee to 42% (28-of-67) from the field and just 9-of-33 (27%) from the three-point line.
- Ryan Montgomery scored a team-high 16 points for the Flames and led the way with nine rebounds.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will head to Rome, Ga. on Monday to face Shorter University at 5:00 p.m. (Central). The game was originally scheduled to be played this past Thursday but was rescheduled due to icy road conditions in the Jackson-metro area.
 

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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.