CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team opened the 2020 portion of their schedule with an 84-63 loss to West Georgia on Thursday in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws fell to 5-6 on the season and 1-4 in Gulf South Conference play, while the Wolves improved to 4-8 with a 2-2 league record.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Choctaws scored the first two points of the game on a bucket from Willie Logan, but the Wolves scored the next four points and never trailed again.
  - MC would tie the score on a couple occasions in the first half, including with 10:45 remaining when Isiah Brown scored to tie the game at 15-15.
  - The Wolves would open up the lead to as many as 14 at 38-24 with 3:10 remaining and would settle for a 42-32 advantage at the halftime break.
  - The Choctaws scored the first four points of the second half to cut the lead to 42-36 but would get no closer as UWG pulled away for the road victory.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Wolves' 84 points is the most allowed by the Choctaws this season and the 50% shooting ties a season-high.
  - Winford Ross tallied his second double-double of the season with a team-high 16 points and 10 rebounds.
  - Logan was also in double-figure scoring with 10 points on the night.
  - UWG took advantage of the glass, outrebounding the Choctaws by a count of 43-33 and scoring 12 second-chance points.
  - Kovi Tate led all scorers with 23 points, also recording a double-double with 10 rebounds to lead UWG.
  - Four players scored in double-figures with the Wolves going 8-of-19 from the three-point line.
  - They also held a big edge at the free throw stripe, going 16-of-21 (76%), while the Choctaws were 12-of-25 (48%).
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Saturday when they host Shorter 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.
 
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