CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team erased a 17-point second-half deficit on their way to a 74-69 victory over Montevallo on Thursday night in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws improved to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the Gulf South Conference, while the Falcons dropped to 3-5 and 0-1 in league play.
 

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TURNING POINT

- With 15:29 remaining in the contest, Cam Copeland hit a pair of free throws for the Falcons to make the score 49-32.
- The Choctaws would use a 25-7 run over the next eight minutes, including an 11-0 sprint, capped off by one of five three-pointers from junior Tre Jenkins.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

- The Falcons would jump out to a 20-8 lead with 10:58 to go in the first half after a jumper from Jeremiah Curtis.
- Montevallo would lead by as many as 12 in the first half, but the score would be 37-28 in favor of the Falcons going to the break.
- The Falcons would then grab their largest lead of the night at 49-32 after a 10-4 run to open the second half.
- The Choctaws began to chip away as Jenkins and junior Scot Hundt hit back-to-back three-pointers to cut the advantage to 49-38.
- Sophomore Dyllan Taylor opened the 11-0 run with a three-pointer, while senior Marcus Lytle would give MC their first lead since early in the first half on a jumper with 7:41 to go.
- The game would go back and forth until Hundt hit his fourth long ball of the night to make the score 67-63 with 2:56 remaining.
- The Choctaws would not trail the rest of the night and open GSC play with the 74-69 victory.
 

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KEY STATS

- The Choctaws put five players in double-figures, led by Jenkins with 16 points off the bench.
- Junior Brandon Boston scored 16, followed by Lytle (13), Taylor (12) and Hundt (12), who set a season-high with his output.
- Boston and Lytle led the team with six rebounds apiece, while Taylor racked up a team-high seven assists.
- The Choctaws shot 47% (27-of-58) from the field, including 53% (16-of-30) in the second half.
- MC was 10-of-25 (40%) from long range, including hitting 7-of-13 in the second 20 minutes.
- The Falcons led for 30:15 of the contest, while the Choctaws held the advantage for just 7:13.
- Montevallo scored 44 points in the paint, while the Choctaws forced 17 turnovers on the night.
- Wade Lowman led the Falcons with 18 points, going 7-of-9 from the field with a team-high nine rebounds.
- Micah Fuller added 15 points, while Demarco Owens scored 13.
 

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GAME NOTES

- The Falcons now hold a 3-2 edge in the all-time series against MC.
- The Choctaws grabbed their first win over Montevallo since November 25, 1995 (77-63).
- MC opened the the season with a Gulf South Conference win for the second straight year after a 69-68 victory over Union last season.
 

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NEXT UP

- The Choctaws will be back in action on Saturday when they travel to Livingston, Ala. to face West Alabama at 4:00 p.m. in Pruitt Hall.
 

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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 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.