HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team could not overcome a hot-shooting night from UAH in a 87-74 loss on Saturday afternoon in Spragins Hall.

The Choctaws dropped to 9-15 on the season with a 6-13 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Chargers improved to 15-12 and 8-11 in league play.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The game was tight early on, and when senior Xavion Dillon hit a pair of free throws with 10:48 remaining in the first half, UAH held an 18-16 lead.
- With 6:24 to go, senior Antonio Johnson hit a three-pointer to cut the score to 30-24.
- The Chargers, however, closed the half on a 14-5 run to take a 44-29 lead into the halftime break.
- In the second half, the Choctaws would get no closer than 13 points until the final minutes as UAH handed them their 7th straight defeat.
 

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KEY STATS
- Dillon led the Choctaws with 24 points and nine rebounds, going 9-of-15 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the free throw line.
- Junior Donovan Ham was also in double-figures with 17, hitting all five of his free throw attempts.
- Junior Davy Fisher came off the bench to score nine points, going 3-of-6 from the three-point line.
- Seniors Antonio Johnson and Otis Harvey each had a team-high three assists.
- The Choctaws shot 41% (25-of-61) from the field but hit 15-of-16 free throws on the night.
- Seth Swalve led all scorers with 23 points, going 5-of-9 from long range for UAH.
- Swalve and Kip Owens also had a team-high eight assists, while Owens scored 17 points.
- Justin Ward was also in double-figures with 14 points for the Chargers.
- UAH shot 51% (31-of-61) from the floor and went 14-of-34 (41%) from the three-point line.

 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will wrap up the 2017-18 season on Thursday (Feb. 22) night when they travel to Cleveland, Miss. to face rival Delta State at 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.