2018 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE BASEBALL2018 GAME MISSISSIPPINOTES COLLEGE BASEBALL GAME NOTES Contact: Kyle Lewis • MC Athletic Communications • 200 South Capitol • Clinton, MS 39058 GoChoctaws.com • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram: ChoctawSports GAME INFORMATION GAMES 20-22 Clinton, Miss. (Dickins-Scoper Stadium) Dates: Friday, Mar. 16 | Saturday March 17 (DH) MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE CHOCTAWS (16-3, 7-2 GSC) Game Time: 6:00 PM | 1:00 PM Head Coach: Jeremy Haworth (UALR, 2009) Site: Clinton, Miss. | Dickins-Scoper Stadium Career Record: 153-155-1 (7th season) | Record at MC: 53-61 (3rd season) Live Stats: www.choctawstats.com Audio: portal.stretchinternet.com/mc WEST FLORIDA ARGOS (15-8, 7-2 GSC) Video: portal.stretchinternet.com/mc Head Coach: Mike Jeffcoat (West Florida, 1991) Twitter Updates: @GoChoctawsBB Career Record: 665-368 (18th Season) | Record at School: 435-238 (13th season) Postgame Recap: www.GoChoctaws.com TEAM COMPARISON Series History: West Florida leads 9-1 Hitting Avg. Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB K’s SB-Att. Clinton: West Florida leads 2-1 Choctaws .338 155 217 37 5 6 132 81 90 26-31 First Meeting: April 3, 2015 | UWF, 5-2 Argos .320 175 249 51 7 14 148 87 149 33-45 Last Meeting: May 8, 2017 | UWF 9-6 Streak: UWF-6 Pitching ERA IP SHO Sv Hits Runs ER BB K’s B/Avg. Choctaws 4.01 157 0 7 157 93 70 79 141 .258 CHOCTAWS 16-3, 7-2 GSC Argos 3.38 192 3 4 169 91 72 77 185 .235 Last Game: March 14, 2018 STORY LINES & NOTES W, 8-7 | William Carey Biloix, Miss. (MGM Park) • Mississippi College (16-3, 7-2 GSC) welcomes the Argos of the University of West Florida (15-8, 7-2) to Clinton this weekend for a crucial three-game Gulf South Conference Series. The Choctaws and Argos both sit tied for 2nd in the GSC Standings, at 7-2. Head Coach: Jeremy Haworth •The Choctaws 16-3 start marks for their best start to a season since the 2010 season, a year that saw MC finish 39-11. Career: 154-156-1 (7th season) • The Choctaws are hitting a GSC-best .338 as a team, highlighted by eight players hitting above .300 on the at MC: 53-61 (3rd season) year. Junior third baseman Billy Cameron paces the Choctaws with a .433 batting average. Senior right fielder vs.UWF: 1-9 Kyle Smith leads both the Choctaws and the GSC with 10 doubles, in addition to ranking among the top 5 in the GSC in on-base percentage (.510) and runs scored (25). • On the mound, Chris Crosby has posted a 2.08 ERA in five starts this season. Crosby leads the team with National Rankings four wins this season. The Saucier, Miss., native leads the team with 32 strikeouts and has tossed a team-best Collegiate Baseball............................................... --- 34.2 innings on the bump. NCBWA ............................................................... RV • The Choctaws were receiving votes in the most recent NCBWA rankings, while coming in at number six in Perfect Game ........................................................ --- the South Regional Rankings compiled by the NCBWA. • The Argos head into the weekend series winners of their last 10, highlighted by a 9th place ranking in the NCBWA South Regional Rankings. • West Florida brings an offense hitting .320 into the match-ups. The Argo attack features nine players hitting over the .300 mark, with Brandon Harmon leading the Argos with an average of .400 • UWF's team ERA of 3.38 currently sits 2nd in the GSC, with four Argo pitchers boasting an ERA under 3. In 11 appearances, Alex Knights holds a team-low 0.00 ERA. Tony Kucera's 29 innings of work over six starts serves as a team-high for the Argos. ARGOS 15-8, 7-2 GSC POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP Last Game: March 12, 2018 Pos. # Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA W, 13-3| Christian Brothers C 26 Brandon Broussard .255 55 15 14 2 1 1 8 1-2 Memphis, Tenn. 1B 5 Blaine Crim .367 79 19 29 4 1 1 18 0-0 2B 8 Grant Barber .308 78 19 24 4 1 0 21 3-3 3B 10 Billy Cameron .433 60 19 26 5 0 4 18 0-0 Head Coach: Mike Jeffcoat SS 3 Hunter Sykes .381 63 15 24 2 0 0 14 4-5 Career: 665-368 (18th season) LF 4 Hunter Wilson .350 60 11 21 3 0 0 13 1-1 at UWF: 435-238 (13th season) CF 7 Luke Yancey .379 66 14 25 5 0 0 10 5-7 RF 17 Kyle Smith .373 75 25 28 10 1 0 13 10-11 vs. MC: 9-1 DH 9 Ty Alderman .324 34 5 11 1 1 0 6 0-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LF 25 Fulton Johnson .241 29 4 7 1 0 0 7 2-2 National Rankings SS 24 Dylan Duplechain .188 16 4 3 0 0 0 2 0-0 Collegiate Baseball.............................................. --- NCBWA ............................................................... --- Pos. # Player ERA W-L SHO SV IP H R ER K-BB Perfect Game ........................................................ --- P 30 Zack Ingram 4.18 1-0 0-0 0 28.0 35 19 13 23-15 P 13 Hunter Mullis 3.77 2-2 0 0 28.2 31 16 12 28-15 P 34 Chris Crosby 2.08 4-0 0 0 34.2 21 9 8 32-11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P 22 Brandon Kennedy 3.26 3-0 0 0 19.1 22 11 7 15-15 P 11 Austin Chastang 5.59 0-0 0 2 9.2 22 11 7 4-7 P 13 Tommy Taborda 6.00 0-1 0 3 3.0 1 2 2 6-2 www.GoChoctaws.com 2018 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2018 SCHEDULE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AT A GLANCE Overall: 16-3 (Home: 9-2 | Away: 6-1 | Neutral: 1-0) GSC: 7-2 (Home: 3-0 | Away: 5-1) THE UNIVERSITY Location .......................................................................................................... Clinton, Miss. FEBRUARY Founded ...........................................................................................................................1826 3 Lindenwood (DH) Clinton, Miss. W, 12-11 | L, 5-4 Enrollment......................................................................................................................5,008 4 Lindenwood Clinton, Miss. W, 7-1 Colors .............................................................................................................Navy and Gold 9 Missouri S&T (DH) Clinton, Miss. W, 8-3 | W, 5-4 Nickname ...............................................................................................................Choctaws 10 Missouri S&T (DH) Clinton, Miss. Cancelled Conference ...........................................................................................................Gulf South 18 McKendree (DH) Clinton, Miss. W, 4-2 | W, 12-3 President .....................................................................................................Dr. Lee G. Royce 19 McKendree Clinton, Miss. W, 21-1 Director of Athletics ............................................................................................Mike Jones 20 Arkansas-Monticello Monticello, Ark. W, 11-8 Asstistant AD/SWA ...............................................................................Susan Musselwhite 23 West Georgia - * Carrollton, Ga. W, 7-3 Facility (Capacity) ..........................................................Dickins-Scoper Stadium (1,200) 24 West Georgia (DH) - * Carrollton, Ga. W, 7-5 | L, 1-0 COACHES & staff MARCH Head Coach ................................................................................................ Jeremy Haworth 3 Shorter (DH) - * Rome, Ga. W, 9-4 | W, 8-6 Alma Mater ........................................................................................................UALR, 2009 4 Shorter - * Rome, Ga. W, 9-5 Overall Record ................................................................................154-156-1 (7th season) 9 Lee (DH) - * Clinton, Miss. W, 5-4 | L 10-7 Record at School .................................................................................... 52-61 (3rd season) 10 Lee - * Clinton, Miss. W, 11-10 Assistant Coach ....................................................................................................Josh Perez 14 Williams Carey - % Biloxi, Miss. W, 8-7 Alma Mater .................................................................................Mississippi College, 2013 16 West Florida - * Clinton, Miss. 6 p.m. Assistant Coach ....................................................................................... Grady Turman Jr. 17 West Florida (DH) - * Clinton, Miss. 1 p.m. Alma Mater .................................................................................Mississippi College, 2016 20 Henderson State Clinton, Miss. 2 p.m. Athletic Trainer ................................................................................................. Matt Verrett 24 North Alabama (DH) - * Florence, Ala. 1 p.m. Alma Mater ...................................................................................................Louisiana State 25 North Alabama - * Florence, Ala. 1 p.m. Communications ................................................................................................. Kyle Lewis 28 Montevallo DH) Clinton, Miss. 1 p.m. Alma Mater ......................................................................................Mississippi State, 2004 30 Union - * Clinton, Miss. 6 p.m. Twitter ............................................................................ ChoctawSports | GoChoctawsBB 31 Union (DH) - * Clinton, Miss. 1 p.m. Facebook ....................................................................................................... ChoctawSports Instagram ...................................................................................................... ChoctawSports APRIL 4 Montevallo Montevallo, Ala. 2 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION 7 Christian Brothers (DH) - * Clinton, Miss. 2 p.m. 2017 Record ...................................................................................................................20-28