CLINTON, Miss. --- Union University went 16-of-29 (55%) from the three-point line and picked up a 92-58 win over the Mississippi College men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon in A.E. Wood Coliseum.
The Choctaws fell to 7-9 on the season with a 3-7 Gulf South Conference record, while the Bulldogs improved to 12-6 with a 6-4 league record.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The game was tight early on with the teams trading leads before
Winceton Edwards hit a pair of free throws with 12:05 to go in the first half to tie the score at 17-17.
 - The Bulldogs went on a 30-10 run, however, and eventually took a 47-33 lead into the break, despite the Choctaws closing the half on a 6-0 sprint.
 - Union opened the second half in the same fashion with a 17-4 run and pulled away to pick up the big road victory.
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KEY STATS
 - Overall, the Bulldogs shot 47% (35-of-74) from the field to go along with their hot three-point shooting.
 - The Choctaws stayed close in the first half, shooting 42% (10-of-24) from the field, but went just 9-of-31 (29%) in the second 20 minutes.
 - Edwards and
Zach Jones had a team-high 13 points for the Choctaws, while Jones had a team-high five assists.
 - Tyree Boykin led the Bulldogs with 29 points, going 10-of-17 from the field and making his first eight three-point shots.
 - Four Bulldogs scored in double-figures, while Ousmane Gueye had a team-high 11 rebounds.
 - Union outscored MC 34-14 in the paint and had 15 points off 10 Choctaw turnovers.
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NEXT UP
 - The Choctaws will be back in action on Thursday when they travel to Cleveland, Tenn. to face Lee University at 6:30 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 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 contactÂ
David Nichols at 601-925-3234 orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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