CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's basketball team garnered its third win of the season as it topped Tougaloo College, 74-39, on Tuesday, Nov. 19. MC improved to 3-1 on the season while the Bulldogs fell to 1-1.
 
The victory is the 11th for MC in the series and the first since Nov. 16, 2021 and the eighth inside A.E. Wood Coliseum.
 
A trio of Choctaws scored in double figures led by Tytiana Buckley and Amelia Bell with 11 points each. Tiara Abron added 10 points. Buckley's total tied a season-high and she matched Keller Bigham with six rebounds.
 
MC shot 44.4 percent from the field, connected on 14-of-22 from the charity stripe and pulled down 43 boards.
 
The Blue and Gold opened the contest on a 15-0 run and held a 20-2 advantage after the first 10 minutes of action and never looked back in the contest in route to a 35-point victory. MC dominated the Dogs in the paint as it outscored its Jackson-Metro neighbors 18 points in the paint (32-14) and turned 29 TC turnovers into as many points. The Choctaw held big advantages in second-chance points (27-3) and fast-break points (11-3).
 
TC's point total was the fewest allowed by the Blue and Gold this season and surpassed the previous mark of 47 points scored by Belhaven on Nov. 14. The Choctaw have scored 70-plus points in all three victories this season and are 20-2 under head coach Greg Long when reaching that benchmark, including 10 consecutive.
 
Mississippi College returns to action on Thursday, Nov. 21 as it travels to Mobile, Ala., to face Spring Hill College. Tip is at 5:30 at Outlaw Recreational Center.