CLINTON, Miss. --- Winceton Edwards knocked down a contested three-pointer with just over 10 seconds remaining to help give the Mississippi College men's basketball team a 78-73 win over Christian Brothers on Thursday night in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

For the Choctaws, it was their first win over CBU since re-joining Division II and the Gulf South Conference prior to the 2014-15 season. The last win for MC over the Bucs came on December 1, 1978 with a 69-67 victory in Clinton.

The Choctaws improved to 7-8 on the season with a 3-6 GSC record, while the Bucs dropped to 6-11 with a 2-7 league mark.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Choctaws opened the game hot from the floor and when Stefan Bozickovic hit a jumper with 13:46 remaining, MC had their largest lead of the period at 15-7.
  - The Bucs would score the next six points and eventually took at 25-24 lead with 7:05 to go in the first half on a layup from Joshua Jackson.
  - The first half would stay tight down the stretch, and Zach Jones hit a jumper in the final minute to give MC the 36-34 lead at the break.
  - The second half was close over the first five minutes until the Choctaws used an 8-0 run, capped by a layup from Jones to make the score 50-40 with 11:17 left.
  - The Bucs battled back again and would eventually grab the lead back with a pair of free throws by Daryl Lewis to make the score 55-54 with 7:08 remaining.
  - CBU appeared to grab the momentum in the final five minutes as a three-pointer from Miller and a pair of free throws from Aiden Ruthsatz put them ahead 65-60 with 4:05 to go.
  - The Choctaws would tie it up with five straight points, but the Bucs got another three-pointer from Miller in the final minute to take the 72-71 lead.
  - After Malik Jones made 1-of-2 free throws for CBU, Edwards took a pass from Ken Lewis and hit a long ball from the left wing to give the Choctaws a 74-73 advantage with under 10 seconds remaining.
  - MC made a big defensive stop and followed that up with a pair of free throws from Jones before he made a steal and Edwards made a layup to clinch the five-point victory.
 

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KEY STATS
  - Winford Ross led the Choctaws with 20 points, going 7-of-13 from the field and 6-of-9 from the free throw line.
  - Jones tallied his fourth double-double of the year with 17 points and 10 rebounds, going 6-of-9 from the field and a perfect 5-of-5 from the charity stripe.
  - Edwards poured in 19, while Bozickovic had 13, going 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
  - Lewis had a team-high 10 assists in the contest, while Jones blocked three shots and led the way with three steals.
  - The Choctaws shot 49% (26-of-53) from the floor and went 24-of-32 (75%) from the free throw line.
  - They dominated the Bucs in the paint, outscoring their opponents 36-12.
  - The Bucs shot 38% (19-of-50) from the field, and the Choctaws held them to just 7-of-23 (30%) in the second half.
  - Of their seven made field goals in the second half, five came from behind the three-point line as they went 10-of-23 (44%) from long range, overall.
  - Miller led CBU with 21 points, making five field goals, all from the three-point line.
  - Lewis (16) and Mitchell Mays (14) were also in double-figures, while Miller had a team-high five assists and Mays had a team-high nine rebounds.
 

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GAME NOTES
  - The Choctaws are now 6-11 all-time against the Bucs, and they were the last team the Choctaws had not beaten since returning to the GSC and Division II.
  - MC is now 6-2 at home this season and has equaled their win total from the 2018-19 season with their seventh win of the campaign.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Saturday afternoon when they host Union at 4:00 p.m. in A.E. Wood Coliseum.
 

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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 began 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.