HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College women's basketball team fell 71-63 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Spragins Hall. MC moves to 9-16 on the season and 5-14 in the Gulf South Conference. UAH improved to 13-13 overall and 7-12 in the conference.
 
Turning Point
Down 61-59 late in the game, Morgan Tipton knocked down a 3-pointer with 2:03 left to play to place UAH up 62-61. Tipton finished with ended with 12 points in the game – third most for the Chargers.
 
Inside the Box Score

• A trio of Lady Choctaws scored in double figures led by Lauran Sheriff's team-best 17 points. Kelley Allen added 14 points while Ieisha Lacey chimed in 11 points.
• Allen and Lacey led the Navy and Gold on the glass. Allen grabbed a team-best nine boards while Lacey pulled down eight.
• Kaitlyn Thompson recorded a pair of blocks in the game as MC collected four total.
• Mississippi College posted a season-low nine miscues as it forced UAH into 20 turnovers.
• Baylee Johnson led UAH with 21 points in the contest. Aryn Sanders supplied 16 points.
• MC shot 36.5 percent from the field while UAH connected on 44.2 percent, including a 40.9 clip from behind the arc. The Chargers also connected on 16 of 20 from the charity strip (80.0%).

 
Inside the Flow

• MC outscored the Chargers 24-18 through the first half. The Lady Choctaws outscored UAH in three of the four quarters of the contest.
• UAH held a 31-13 scoring advantage in the third quarter to lead to the eight-point victory.
• The Chargers opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run to grab a 27-24 lead with 7:24 left in the period.
• The Blue and White grabbed a double-digit lead with just under two minutes left in the quarter and held a 49-37 lead after three quarters of play.
• UAH grabbed its largest lead with 9:18 left in the game, 14 points.  
• The Lady Choctaws tied the game twice in the final period and pulled within 64-63 with a minute to play, but a 7-0 run by the Chargers closed out the game.

 
Noteworthy

• Sheriff posted her team-leading 17th game in double figures this season. Her scoring effort was two points shy of tying her season-high.
• With the scoring output, Lacey has 14 career games in double figures and 12 this season.
• Allen scored in double-digits for the 32nd time in her career and 12th on the campaign.
• The last time MC turned the ball over fewer than 10 times in a game was Feb. 6, 2016 against West Florida.
• Thompson tied a career-high with the two blocks in the game. The Cleveland, Miss., sophomore has seven games in her career with two or more blocks.
• The loss is the second straight to the Chargers and the eighth in the series.

 
Next Up
Mississippi College closes the season on Thursday, Feb. 22 at Delta State University. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.