MEMPHIS-Visiting Mississippi College broke a 2-2 tie by scoring a run without a hit in the top of the eighth inning as they claimed a 3-2 win over the Christian Brothers University Bucs Friday afternoon at Nadicksbernd Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Choctaws (6-0, 1-0 GSC) struck first in the top of the second inning, when they loaded the bases with two singles and a one-out walk and scored the game's first run on a Hunter Bolin RBI single.
• The Bucs (3-4, 0-1) took the lead in the bottom of the frame. Cameron Coker (Germantown, Tenn./Germantown HS) and Mac Cooley (Bartlett, Tenn./Horn Lake HS) started the inning with back-to-back singles, and Charles Kelly (Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS) brought them in with a two-run double to left.
• The 2-1 lead held until the top of the fifth, when the Choctaws tied it back up on an RBI double by Garrett Odom after they put two runners on with a walk and a hit batter.
• MC scored the winning run in the top of the eighth, when Hunter Hall drew a two-out walk and moved around to score on a passed ball and two wild pitches.

KEY STATS:
• Cooley tied his career-high with four hits, going 4-for-4 in the game.
• Kelly was 1-for-3 with two RBI.
• Jack Parker (Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian Academy) allowed two runs on five hits over five innings. He scattered two hits and six walks.
• Michael Lartigue (Southaven, Miss./Southaven HS) allowed one unearned run in four innings of relief. He allowed two hits and four walks.

NOTABLE:
• Friday's game was CBU's first against the Choctaws since 1998, when they split a pair of games in Clinton, Miss.

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Bucs and Choctaws meet again tomorrow at noon for a doubleheader.