Box Score
Clinton, Miss.– Chukwuma Ekeh scored a season-high 23 points Tuesday night but Louisiana College fell 76-63 to Mississippi College in an American Southwest Conference East game.
Ekeh, a junior from Holy Savior Menard, was the only player in double figures for the Wildcats, who fell to 6-8 overall and 4-5 in the ASC.
Andre Thomas led 25th-ranked Mississippi College (11-2, 7-2) with 18 points followed by Luther Suggs with 13 and Donnie Haywood with 11.
The Wildcats stayed close to the Choctaws for most of the first half, trailing by just three points, 23-20, with 2:48 left in the half. But MC went on to lead by nine (32-23) and halftime and pulled away in the second half.
LC will play Thursday at home against Texas-Tyler.