CLEVELAND, Miss. --- Mississippi College placed four in double figures, but it's not enough as the Lady Choctaws fall 91-77 at in-state foe Delta State University. The Lady Statesmen secured the season sweep in the series.

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Game Score: Mississippi College 77 | Delta State 91
Date: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
Location: Cleveland, Miss. | Walter Sillers Coliseum
Records: Lady Choctaws 7-18, 3-16 GSC | Lady Statesmen 17-9, 12-7 GSC

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Lauran Sheriff led the Navy and Gold with a career-high 22 points while Jamilah Sanders added 20 points. Coco Hobson supplied 11 points and Zariah Matthews provided 10 points. Sanders paced the team with eight rebounds. Mississippi College shot 50 percent from the floor and 69.2 percent from the free throw line.
 
Delta State's Nia Johnson led the team with 28 points. Frederica Haywood added 18 points and 11 rebounds. Alondrea Rush chimed in 14 points with Quantesha Patterson adding 12 points. DSU shot 60 percent from the field, including a clip of 43.8 from behind the 3-point line. The Lady Statesmen connected on 75 percent from the charity stripe.
 
TURNING POINT

• Delta State closed out the final four minutes of the game on a 20-2 run to claim the in-state contest. Mississippi College led 75-71, on a Kaitlyn Thompson jumper, before the Lady Statesmen began its game-closing run.

 
INSIDE THE BOX

• It's the first time MC has had two players score 20-plus in the same game this season.
• Sheriff and Sanders each have two 20-plus scoring efforts their careers.
• The game marks the fourth time MC has shot 50-percent or better this season from the field.
• Delta State outscored Mississippi College 26-10 in the final quarter.
• The Lady Statesmen held a 50-44 advantage in points in the paint.
• Mississippi College held a 67-65 lead at the end of three quarters.

 
NEXT
Mississippi College closes out the 2018-19 season on Thursday, Feb. 28 against the University of West Alabama. Tip-off in A.E. Wood Coliseum 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.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.