CLINTON, Miss. --- Three Lady Choctaws scored in double figures as Mississippi College fell 80-69 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday, Jan. 26 in A.E. Wood Coliseum. The loss is the third straight for the Navy and Gold.
 
Lauran Sheriff led the team with 16 points while Jamilah Sanders finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Lindsey Vaughn tied a season-high with 11 points in the setback. Mississippi College shot 39.4 percent from the floor and connected on 80.0 percent from the free throw line.

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Game Score: Mississippi College 69 | UAH 80
Date: Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019
Location: Clinton, Miss. | A.E. Wood Coliseum
Records: Lady Choctaws 6-11, 2-9 GSC | Chargers 8-9, 6-5 GSC

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Aryn Sanders led UAH with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Baylee Johnson finished one board shy of matching Sanders with a double-double with 21 points and nine rebounds. Holly Harris added 13 points. The Chargers shot 46.7 percent from the field, including 33.3 percent from behind the arc. The Blue and White connected on 61.3 percent from the charity stripe.
 
TURNING POINT

• MC held a 54-53 lead with 9:04 left in the game, but UAH managed a 19-6 run over the course of six minutes to grab a 72-60 lead on a 3-pointer by Johnson from the top of the key.

INSIDE THE BOX

• Vaughn's season-high matched her scoring effort Nov. 17 against LeMoyne-Owen.
• It marks the sixth time this season Sheriff has scored in double figures and the second in as many games.
• Sanders moves to third on the team with double-digit scoring performances with her eighth of the season. It stands one shy of the team lead.
• UAH held a 14-point lead with 15 seconds remaining in the game. It marked its largest lead of the game.
• The Lady Choctaws' bench bested the Chargers' reserves in scoring 24-8.

NEXT
Mississippi College returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 31 as it travels to Huntsville, Ala., to face UAH. Tip-off is set for 5:30 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 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.