CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team could not overcome 19 turnovers in a 67-62 loss to Christian Brothers University on Friday night in A.E. Wood Coliseum.

The Choctaws fell to 1-6 on the season, while the Bucs improved to 2-3. The teams are scheduled to wrap up the series on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Clinton.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - In a game that saw seven ties and nine lead changes, neither team led by more than seven points the entire night.
  - The Choctaws scored the first five points of the game, but the Bucs answered with a 10-2 run before a TJ Ben long ball tied the score at 10-10 early on.
  - CBU grabbed a pair of seven-point leads, including going ahead 25-18 with 7:38 remaining on a three-pointer from Christian Jones.
  - The Choctaws answered with a 15-5 run that was capped by a jumper from Antonio Cowart Jr. to make the score 33-30 with 2:47 to go in the first half.
  - Cowart hit another jumper in the final minutes and MC would take a 35-34 lead into the halftime break.
  - The second half opened with a back-and-forth battle that saw a bucket from Winford Ross give MC the 43-41 lead with 14:23 remaining.
  - The Bucs answered with seven straight points but four straight free throws from Ben and Dyllan Taylor cut the deficit to 48-47 with 10:21 to go.
  - The game remained close and when Brandon Boston hit a pair of free throws with 5:30 left, the score was tied at 53-53.
  - CBU answered with a 7-0 run and MC could get no closer than two points the rest of the way.
 

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KEY STATS / NOTES
  - The Bucs now hold a 12-6 edge in the series and got revenge for an MC win the last time the teams met in Clinton last season.
  - The Choctaws shot 49% (23-of-47) from the floor and went 12-of-14 (86%) from the free throw line.
  - However, 19 turnovers led the 19 CBU points and MC went just 1-of-6 from the three-point line in the second half.
  - Boston led the way with 17 points, going 7-of-14 from the field and 3-of-3 from the foul line.
  - Ross came off the bench to score 10 points, a bench that put up 28 points on the night.
  - Cowart scored six points with a team-high four assists and five rebounds.
  - Four Bucs scored in double-figures, led by 15 from Nick Deifel.
  - Aiden Ruthsatz scored 11 points and led the team with eight assists and seven rebounds.
  - CBU shot 45% (22-of-49) from the floor and went 7-of-17 (41%) from the three-point line.
 

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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.