CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's basketball team picked up its third straight win as it topped the University of West Georgia, 71-66, on Saturday, Jan. 13 inside A.E. Wood Coliseum. The Choctaws improve to 6-8 on the season and 5-6 in Gulf South Conference action. UWG falls to 10-6 and 6-6 in the league.

It marks the third consecutive game with 70-plus points for the Blue and Gold and landed the program its first win over the Red and Blue since Jan. 29, 2022.
 
A trio of MC players registered double figures in the scoring column, led by Kyiah Julian with a season-high 16 points. It surpassed her previous high of 15 points against Lee University on Jan. 2. It is her fourth game in double figures this season and 35th of her career.
 
Amelia Bell added 15 points while Sky Vaughn finished with 10. It is the fourth game with double-digit points for Bell this season and 18th of her career. It is the third for Vaughn and fourth of her tenure in Clinton.  
 
Vaughn also paced the Blue and Gold on the glass with a career-high eight rebounds. She was joined by Lillie Gates, who grabbed a season-high on the boards to stand along tops of the team.
 
MC shot 41.8 percent from the field and connected on 22-of-28 from the charity stripe for 78.6 percent. The team also grabbed 42 rebounds. It marks the third highest total for the squad this season.
 
In a game that saw eight lead changes and seven stalemates, the Choctaws held a 32-26 advantage at the intermission. The margin climbed to double digits midway through the third period, but a scoring flurry by the visitors from the Peach State saw the contest deadlocked at 50-all heading into the final quarter of action.
 
The two squads exchanged buckets and leads over the first six-plus minutes of the fourth, but layup from Bell with three minutes remaining placed the Choctaws in the lead and the squad never relinquished the advantage the remainder of the way. MC hit 8 of its last 10 free throws to ice the contest and hand the Wolves their last loss in the regular season in A.E. Wood Coliseum.
 
Zuriyah Davis led the Red and Blue with 24 points and seven rebounds. UWG shot 43.4 percent from the floor in the game and totaled 27 boards.
 
Mississippi College returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 18 as it travels to Memphis, Tenn., for a conference tilt against Christian Brothers University. MC looks for the regular-season sweep of the Buccaneers. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. in Canale Arena.
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