PENSACOLA, Fla. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team dropped a hard-fought road contest to #12 West Florida on Sunday afternoon, 82-70, at the UWF Field House.

The Choctaws had a four-game winning streak snapped a fell to 7-6 with a 4-4 mark in the Gulf South Conference, while the Argos improved to 13-1 and 5-1 in league play.
 

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TURNING POINT
- With 14:47 remaining in the game, a bucket by senior Antonio Johnson cut what was once a 16-point deficit down to just 50-46. The Argonauts answered with a 14-4 run and would not lead by less than 12 points the rest of the way.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws, who played without their leading scorer in senior Stacey Mack, would jump out to a 7-2 lead following the first of five three-pointers from senior Otis Harvey.
- The Argos would use a 26-6 run in the first half to grab a 32-16 advantage with 5:30 remaining in the first 20 minutes.
- Harvey would almost single-handedly keep MC in the game, knocking down four three-pointers over the final four minutes to cut the halftime lead down to 42-33.
- In the second half, the Choctaws would hang around and Johnson's basket with 14:47 to go cut the lead down to just four.
- The Argos responded and would push the lead out to as many as 19 points with 5:52 remaining at 72-53.
 

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KEY STATS
- The Choctaws shot 42% (26-of-62) from the field and went 12-of-24 from the three-point line.
- Senior Donovan Ham scored a team-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and three steals.
- Harvey scored 17, while sophomore Brandon Boston was also in double-figures with 15 and a team-high nine rebounds.
- Johnson scored eight points with a game-high eight assists.
- The Argos shot just 40% (31-of-78) from the floor but scored 36 points in the paint to grab the home victory.
- DJ Thorpe scored a team-high 15 points, while Rashaan Benson had 14.
- Moter Deng had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Marvin Jones was also in double-figures with 11 points.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will stay on the road to face Valdosta State on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. (Central).
 

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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.