CARROLLTON, Ga. --- Junior Brandon Boston netted 25 points but it was not enough for the Mississippi College men's basketball team in a 72-59 loss to West Georgia on Saturday afternoon in The Coliseum.

The Choctaws fell to 4-6 overall with a 1-4 mark in the Gulf South Conference, while the Wolves improved to 9-4 and 4-1 in league play.
 

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TURNING POINT

- The Choctaws held their largest lead of the night at 35-28 as Boston nailed a jumper to open the second half, but the Wolves would score the next 12 points and not look back on their way to a come-from-behind victory.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

- The first half was a back-and-forth affair as neither team held more than a five-point lead as junior Scot Hundt gave MC that advantage at 10-5 with 14:13 to go.
- The score was tied 28-28 with 2:48 remaining in the period, but the Choctaws would score the final five points of the half to take a 33-28 lead into the break.
- Boston seemed to keep the momentum with the Choctaws as he nailed a jumper out of the half, but the Wolves went on the 12-0 run and would not trail the rest of the way.
- MC would cut the score to 40-39 with 15:49 remaining after a pair of buckets by senior Isaiah Austin and Boston, but UWG scored six in-a-row and would eventually hold off any late charge from the Choctaws.
 

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KEY STATS

- The Choctaws went 14-of-32 (44%) from the field in the first half but were just 8-of-25 (32%) in the second half as the Wolves came back.
- Conversely, UWG shot 16-of-30 from the floor in the second half, outscoring MC 44-26 over the final 20 minutes.
- Boston was the only Choctaw to score in double-figures with 25 points, going 11-of-20 from the field with six rebounds.
- Junior Tre Jenkins poured in eight points with six rebounds, while senior Marcus Lytle scored nine with five boards.
- MC held the GSC's leading scorer in Marquill Smith (26 ppg) to his lowest output of the season at 20 points. He scored 18 of his 20 in the second half.
- Jared Simmons scored 15, while Gerald Blount had 12 with nine rebounds. Smith also led the team with 11 boards.
 

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NEXT UP

- The Choctaws will be back in action on the road on Monday night when they travel to Rome, Ga. to face Shorter University at 7:00 p.m. (CT).
 

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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.