MAGNOLIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team shot just 22-of-64 (34.4%) from the floor in a 68-57 loss at Southern Arkansas on Tuesday night in the W.T. Watson Center.

The Choctaws fell to 2-2 on the season, while the Muleriders improved to 4-1.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

- The game started slowly as the Choctaws scored the only two points of the first 4:45 on a jumper by junior Brandon Boston.
- MC would go on to grab as much as a five-point lead at 9-4 as sophomore Dyllan Taylor converted a three-point play with 13:32 to go in the first half.
- The Muleriders would use a 16-6 run to take a 23-15 lead with 7:31 remaining and would eventually take a 39-32 lead into the halftime break.
- The Choctaws would cut the lead down to as few as five in the second half, but they could not overcome their first sub-40% shooting night of the season in the loss.
 

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KEY STATS

- The Choctaws also went just 6-of-22 (27%) from the three-point line and hit just seven of their 13 free throws.
- The Muleriders shot 25-of-60 (42%) from the field and went 8-of-23 (35%) from the three-point line.
- For the third time in four games this season, the Choctaws were outrebounded, losing the battle on the glass 45-28 at SAU.
- Taylor's 15 points and four assists led the Choctaw offensive attack. The Brandon native went 6-of-10 from the field.
- Boston (14) and senior Marcus Lytle (10) were the other two Choctaws in double-figures on the evening, also leading MC with seven rebounds apiece.
- DeVante Brooks led the Muleriders with 14 points and 10 rebounds, whlie Aaron Lucas also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards.
 

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NEXT UP

- The Choctaws will wrap up their exhibition schedule on Friday night when they travel to Lake Charles, La. to face McNeese State at 6:30 p.m. They will then open Gulf South Conference play on Thursday (Nov. 29) against Montevallo..
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC 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 2018-19 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.