CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team could not sustain a late first-half run as they fell to GSC-leading Lee University on Thursday night, 68-54, in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws fell to 7-12 on the year with a 3-10 Gulf South Conference record, while the Flames improved to 16-4 with an 11-2 league mark.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Flames got off to a quick start and when Quay Kennedy converted a Kentrell Evans assist into a dunk with 9:43 to go, they took their largest lead of the 20 minutes at 23-10.
  - MC would storm back, however, holding the Flames scoreless for nearly eight minutes and going on a 14-0 run to grab the 24-23 lead.
  - Winceton Edwards nailed a three-pointer with 2:11 remaining to cap the run and give the Choctaws the one-point lead.
  - The Flames answered with a 6-2 run to close the half and took a 29-26 advantage into the break.
  - Lee then scored the first seven points of the second half and extended the lead back to double-figures at 36-26 with 16:59 remaining.
  - The Choctaws cut the lead back to 36-28 on the next possession, but the Flames would continue to open up the advantage and eventually grab as large as an 18-point lead at 59-41 with 4:24 to go.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Choctaws went 18-of-52 (35%) from the field and just 5-of-17 (29%) from the three-point line.
  - The Flames stormed out in the second half from the floor, shooting 14-of-25 (56%) and hitting 7-of-13 (54%) from the three-point line.
  - Winford Ross and Jacob Taylor each had a team-high 13 points for the Choctaws, while Taylor led the way with seven rebounds and three steals.
  - Michael Williams Jr. had a season-high five assists as the Choctaws had helpers on 13-of-18 made field goals.
  - Kennedy scored a game-high 20 points, while Ryan Montgomery tallied a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.
 

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