HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team lost a road conference game to UAH, 79-59, on Thursday night in Spragins Hall.
 
The Choctaws fell to 4-13 on the season with a 1-11 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Chargers improved to 15-5 with an 8-4 mark in league play.
 

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TURNING POINT
 
The Chargers would jump out to a quick 12-2 lead over the first six minutes and the Choctaws were not able to get closer than seven points the rest of the contest as UAH cruised to a season sweep of MC.
 

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KEY STATS
 
 The Choctaws were led by sophomore Dyllan Taylor with 17 points. The Brandon native has scored in double-figures in each of his last five games and is averaging 14.6 points per game in that span.

Boston was also in double-figures with 11 points, giving him double-figure scoring in 16-of-17 games this season.

Junior Isiah Brown scored a career-high seven points off the bench, while freshman Jacob Taylor poured in six with a team-high four rebounds.

The Choctaws shot 23-of-49 (47%) from the floor and turned the ball over just 10 times with only one Choctaw having more than one giveaway.

Malik Cook-Stroupe came off the bench for UAH and scored a game-high 19, while Kaplan had 16 points and eight rebounds.

The Chargers shot 27-of-46 (59%) from the field on the night, going 16-of-18 from the free throw line.

UAH outscored MC in the paint, 34-18, and also had 20 points off turnovers, while the Choctaws just had 13 points off 11 Charger giveaways.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
 
After JJ Kaplan hit the game's opening shot with a three-pointer for the Chargers, junior Brandon Boston nailed a jumper and made the score 3-2 UAH with 17:33 to go.
 
From there, the Chargers would score nine straight points and extend their lead to as many as 20 in the first half at 39-19 with 1:50 to go.
 
The Choctaws would score seven straight points in the final minutes and would eventually see the deficit at 41-26 at the halftime break.
 
With 16 minutes to go in the second half, Boston would complete a three-point play to cut the score to 50-38, but MC would get no closer as they dropped their 10th consecutive contest.
 

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NEXT UP
 
The Choctaws will head to Cleveland, Tenn. to face Lee University on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. (Central).
 

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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.