CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team racked up their biggest win of the season with a 75-68 upset victory over #16 Alabama Huntsville on Saturday afternoon in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws eclipsed their win total from a season ago, improving to 8-12 with a 4-10 Gulf South Conference record, while the Chargers fell to 17-4 with a 9-4 league mark.
 

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TURNING POINT
  - The Choctaws took advantage of a cold-shooting second half for the Chargers where they went just 2-of-20 (10%) from long range and was just 6-of-34 (18%) for the game.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The first half was a back-and-forth affair as neither team took a five-point lead until the Chargers took a 19-14 edge with just under 10 minutes remaining.
  - The largest lead of the first half came when Jack Kline scored his only two points of the night with 7:07 remaining to go ahead 28-19.
  - The Choctaws responded with an 8-0 run that was capped by a three-pointer from Winceton Edwards to cut the score to 28-27 with 3:12 to go.
  - The Chargers would eventually take a 35-33 into the halftime break.
  - UAH opened up a seven-point lead in the second half as Kerney Lane knocked down a shot with 15:23 remaining to make the score 43-36.
  - The Choctaws again responded with an 8-2 run to cut the deficit down to 45-44 with 13:33 left on a three-pointer from TJ Ben.
  - Ben gave MC their first lead of the second half with an old-fashioned three-point play with 7:53 remaining to go ahead 54-52.
  - The big shot of the night came with 6:07 to go as Isiah Brown hit his first three-pointer of the season, putting the Choctaws ahead for good at 57-55.
  - The Choctaws would push the lead out to as many as seven in the final two minutes, leading 65-58 with 1:47 remaining.
  - MC iced the game away by going 12-of-12 from the free throw line down the stretch to get their first win over UAH since January 4, 2018.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Choctaws 48% (23-of-48) from the field and went 9-of-23 (39%) from the three-point line.
  - MC held the Chargers to just 26-of-66 (39%) from the floor and 6-of-34 (18%) from the three-point line.
  - The Choctaws are now 8-1 on the year when they shoot better than their opponent, compared to being 0-11 with a lower field goal percentage.
  - MC outrebounded UAH 36-34 and outscored the Charger bench, 28-17.
  - Winford Ross led all scorers with 23 points, going 6-of-9 from the field and 9-of-11 from the free throw line.
  - Edwards scored 14 points and knocked down all six of his free throws in the final minute to clinch the victory.
  - Ben added 12 points, while Brown scored a career-high 11 in a season-high 25 minutes played.
  - Sam Orf led the Chargers with 15 points, while Malik Cook-Stroupe was the only other UAH player in double-figures with 11 points.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action next Saturday when they travel to Alabama to face Auburn Montgomery at 4:00 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 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.