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CLINTON, MS — The 14th-ranked Mississippi College Choctaws (20-1, 17-1) extended the second longest winning streak in the nation to 15 games in a 71-51 blowout of LeTourneau University (7-14, 6-13) Thursday night in A. E. Wood Coliseum and clinched their eighth ASC East Division title in nine years.

The Choctaws opened the game on a 17-2 run and did not allow LeTourneau a field goal until the 10:39 mark of the first half. MC built the lead to 48-17 with 18:28 remaining in the game before emptying the bench in the second half.

Junior forward Patrick Veal was the high scorer for the Choctaws with 12 points while sophomore forward Tyler Winford added ten points.

Travis Bankett and Dewones Smith led LeTourneau with eleven points each as the only Yellow Jackets in double figures.

LeTourneau finished the game shooting 28 percent after a 18 percent performance in the first half (5-28). The Yellow Jackets missed their first 14 shots of the game. TheChoctaws finished 49 percent for the game after a 58 percent first half.

LeTourneau won the rebounding edge 42-36.

LeTourneau University vs Mississippi College
1/9/06 7:30 p.m. at Clinton, MS / A.E. Wood Coliseum
At Clinton, MS / A.E. Wood Coliseum        

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 71, LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY 51

LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY (7-14, 6-13 ASC)
Travis Bankett 5-11 0-0 11; Dewones Smith 4-13 1-1 11; Joe Packard 1-9 7-8
9; James Williams 2-3 2-2 6; Reese Lantrip 2-4 0-0 6; Jay Burnett 1-9 2-2 4;
Casey Sitton 1-3 0-0 2; Marcus Coleman 1-6 0-1 2; Jacob Butler 0-3 0-0 0;
Cal Balmos 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-61 12-14 51.

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (20-1, 17-3 ASC)
Patrick Veal 5-6 2-4 12; Tyler Winford 5-6 0-0 10; Willie Powers 4-5 1-1 9;
Jimmy Johns 2-2 2-4 7; Lonnie Vasquez 2-7 0-0 6; Timothy Broomfield 2-3 1-2
6; Orlando Lewis 1-4 3-6 5; Gene Hunt 2-4 0-0 5; Cedric Armstrong 1-2 2-2 4;
Devin Jones 1-2 1-1 3; Jonathan Collins 1-4 0-0 2; Jaszmine Eugene 1-3 0-0
2; Chris Hickox 0-0 0-0 0; David Doty 0-2 0-0 0; Thad Burke 0-2 0-0 0;
Thomas Gray 0-0 0-0 0; Diaran Holliday 0-0 0-0 0; Steven Blevins 0-2 0-0 0;
Ryan Hudson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-55 12-20 71.

LeTourneau University	15	36	51
Mississippi College	41	30	71

3-point goals-LeTourneau University 5-20 (Dewones Smith 2-5; Reese Lantrip
2-3; Travis Bankett 1-3; Jay Burnett 0-3; Casey Sitton 0-1; Marcus Coleman
0-1; Jacob Butler 0-1; James Williams 0-1; Joe Packard 0-2), Mississippi
College 5-17 (Lonnie Vasquez 2-6; Gene Hunt 1-3; Jimmy Johns 1-1; Timothy
Broomfield 1-1; Jonathan Collins 0-1; Steven Blevins 0-2; Orlando Lewis
0-3). 

Fouled out--LeTourneau University-None, Mississippi College-None.

Rebounds-LeTourneau University 42 (Marcus Coleman 7), Mississippi College 36
(Tyler Winford 5; Patrick Veal 5; Devin Jones 5). 

Assists-LeTourneau
University 8 (Casey Sitton 3), Mississippi College 15 (Steven Blevins 3).

Total fouls-LeTourneau University 15, Mississippi College 14. A-799