CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team completed a sweep over McKendree (Ill.) University with a 21-1 victory to improve to 7-1 on the season. McKendree falls to 0-3 on the campaign.
 
Turning Point
Billy Cameron posted the first homerun of the season and his MC career with a shot over the right center wall. The two-run homer, which plated Blaine Crim, extend the Choctaws lead to 7-0.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Six Choctaws recorded multiple hit efforts led by Grant Barber and Cameron's four-hit efforts. Hunter Wilson, Crim and Luke Yancey each added three hits while Kyle Smith supplied a pair of hits.
• Crim led the team with four RBI. Barber, Wilson and Cameron each drove in three while Yancey posted a pair of RBI.
• Zack Ingram (1-0) tallied the win on the mound with seven strikeouts and four hits allowed.

 
Inside the Flow

• Mississippi College posted a run in every inning, but one in the game. The Choctaws garnered a pair of six-run frames in the second and sixth and added a five-run, third inning.
• After plating two runs in the first, Barber ignited the scoring output in the second inning with his second, RBI double to left center. The Mobile, Ala., native posted a RBI in each of the first three innings of the game.
• Cameron recorded the first home run of the season for MC as he sent a shot over the right center wall to extend the lead to 7-0 in the second inning, scoring Crim.
• McKendree's lone run came in the third frame as Luke Brening hit a home run to right field.

 
Noteworthy

• The 21 runs and 21 hits mark season-highs for Mississippi College.
• The run total is the most since the Choctaws posted 21 against LeMoyne-Owen on Feb. 10, 2015.
• Ingram's complete game is the first of the season for a Choctaw hurler.
• Mississippi College completed the three-game series without committing an error.
• The Choctaws' start is the best since 2010.
• The three-game sweep is the first since Apr. 2, 2017 at Valdosta State.

 
Next Up
Mississippi College returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 20 as it travels to Monticello, Ark., for a non-conference tilt against the Boll Weevils. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m.