LIVINGSTON, Ala. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team finished the 2019-20 season with a 91-62 loss to West Alabama on Saturday afternoon at Pruitt Hall.
The Choctaws finished the season at 8-18 with a 4-16 Gulf South Conference record, while the Tigers are 21-7 with a 14-6 league mark and will enter the GSC Tournament as the #4 seed next week.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The Tigers put the game away early on with a 13-4 run to open things and a 30-5 sprint to grab a 43-9 lead with 5:24 remaining in the first half.
 - They would hang on to the big lead and go into the half with a 55-21 advantage.
 - UWA would eventually push their lead out to as many as 44 in the second half.
 - The Choctaws closed the game on a 12-3 run to give the game its final score.
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KEY STATS
 - The Choctaws were held to 37% (21-of-57) shooting from the floor and 7-of-18 (39%) from the three-point line.
 - The Tigers, on the other hand, shot 55% (36-of-66) from the field and went 10-of-21 (48%) from long range.
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Winford Ross led the Choctaws with 21 points, going 8-of-13 from the field with a team-high five rebounds.
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Zach Jones scored 15 points in 18 minutes, while
TJ Ben was also in double-figures with 12.
 - LaJuan Hardy led all scorers with 27, while Mike Davis had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds for UWA.
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NEXT UP
 - The Choctaws and head coach
Mike Jones will look to get things going next year after an injury-riddled 2019-20 season.
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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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