Box Score CLINTON, Miss. -It was a tale of two different halves, but the Lee University men's basketball team earned an important 73-64 win over Mississippi College on Saturday evening. With the win, Lee improved to 11-13 overall and 7-13 in Gulf South Conference play. Lee now sits in sole possession of eighth place with two games left in the regular season. 
 
Lee outscored MC by 12 points in the first half holding the Choctaws to just 17 leading 29-17 at the break. In the second half, MC came firing from long range they made eight long range shots and outscored the Flames 47-44 in the second period. Lee had the lead as much as 20 points with eight minutes to go, but MC see used to different runs to pull back within five points with three minutes to go at 62-57.
 
However, a Willie Walton three point shot and a Tim Vaughn layup sealed the deal for the Flames as they held on for the nine point win.
 
The Flames held the leading scorer in the contest to just nine points on 1-of-10 shooting. Rashad Bolden averages 24 points per game for the Choctaws. Lee held him scoreless for first 34 minutes of the contest. Tremaine Dixon helped keep MC close as he went 5-for-12 from long range.
 
Walton led the Flames with 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting four of his buckets were three-point shots. Tylon Chatman had 13 as they were the only two in double figures. Lee made 22 field goals and 22 free throws in the win. They also outrebounded MC 33-27 and had 11 second chance points. 
 
The upcoming final week of the regular season is big for the Flames. On Thursday, February 27, Lee will host Christian Brothers University at 7:30 PM at Walker Arena. CBU is currently half a game back of the Flames for eighth place in the standings. Then on Saturday, March 1, Lee will host Union University on senior day. Union is in seventh place in the conference and one game up on the Flames in the standings. 
 
Coach Bubba Smith's Thoughts:

"It was a must win today to keep our tournament hopes alive and the guys came out and had a great start to the game and second half. I thought our defensive focus was great and holding the leagues leading scorer to 1-10 from the field was big. Tariq was fantastic, as well as the guys behind him with their help.   We needed multiple guys to play well and I thought we had key contributions from every guy that played today. Our bench was really good as well and Willie stepped up and made some big shots for us down the stretch. It was also good to see our team lead from start to finish."