CLINTON, Miss. -- The Mississippi College Choctaws won by a final score of 81-76 Monday afternoon over Christian Brothers in Gulf South Conference play.
For the second game in a row,
Galen Smith led Mississippi College in scoring, finishing with 32 points and eight rebounds. Monday night marked the second straight game in which Smith scored 30 points or more, average 31 points and nine rebounds in the last two games combined.
Mississippi College got off to a slow start in the first half, trailing Christian brothers by score of 41-34 at the break. The Choctaws trailed 49-41 with 16:11 left in the second half but would pull within 51-48 over the next three minutes of play.
With just over 10 minutes left to go in the second half,
Miles Miller knocked down to three point field goal to tie the ball game up 57-57. Three minutes later, a
Tradavis Thompson layup in the paint on a fast break would give the Choctaws a 61-59 lead with 7:31 left in the game.
Over the final minutes of play, the Choctaws and Bucs battled back-and-forth, before MC would go up 80-73 with just over 10 seconds left in regulation. The Choctaws would go on to win the ball game by final score of 81-76, picking up the win in GSC play.
The Choctaws produced the 10+ points scorers on the afternoon, led by Smith. Smith was 12-14 from the field and a perfect 8-8 from the free-throw line.
Zach Jones finished 7-8 from the field, while finishing second on the team with 16 points.
Tradavis Thompson had a stellar afternoon going 4-6 from the field and a perfect 4-4 from the free-throw line, while adding 12 points and three assists.
Choctaws guard
Lamont Berzat tallied six points and a team best 11 assists for the afternoon. As a team Mississippi College shot 30-51 from the field and outscored the Bucs 46-36 in the paint. MC also had 44 points off of the bench.
Mississippi College improves to 4-7 overall on the season and 2-4 in GSC play. MC returns home on December 31 versus Blue Mountain College with tip-off set for 12 p.m. at A.E. Wood Coliseum in Clinton, Miss.
