CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team notched their first win of the 2020-21 season with a dominating 89-57 victory on Saturday afternoon at A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws improved to 1-5 on the year, while the Bulldogs fell to 6-4 after the series split this weekend.
 

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KEY STATS / NOTES
  - Zach Jones scored a career-high 23 points, going 7-of-9 from the floor and 9-of-10 from the foul line with nine rebounds.
  - Brandon Boston tallied his first double-double of the year with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
  - The Choctaws went 11-of-23 (48%) from the three-point line after their previous high for long balls in a game was six this season.
  - Overall, MC went 33-of-61 (54%) from the field and held the Bulldogs to 19-of-53 (36%).
  - The Choctaws also held a 44-25 rebounding edge and scored 29 points off of 18 Union turnovers.
  - MC also had 19 assists on 33 made field goals, led by six from Dyllan Taylor and five from Antonio Cowart Jr.
  - Dillyn Neely also scored in double-figures with 15 points, going 5-of-9 from the three-point line.
  - Justin Debuck led the Bulldogs with 12 points, while JC Clausi poured in 11.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Choctaws got off to a hot start and did not look back as Boston's jumper with 16:31 to go in the first half put MC ahead, 12-1.
  - Neely hit one of his five three-pointers with 12:22 to go and gave the Choctaws 24-7 advantage.
  - The Choctaws would push their lead out to as many as 23 in the first half before taking a 49-28 lead into the break.
  - In the second half, MC used a 26-5 run to extend the lead to their largest of the night at 77-34 with just under 11 minutes to go in the game.
  - The Choctaws took the foot off the gas in the final minutes and cruised to the 32-point victory.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action next weekend when they host Christian Brothers for a two-game series (Jan. 29-30) 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 18 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Men's and Women's 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.