Millsaps Women Lose to Rose-Hulman in OT

Jackson - A strong second half performance and a clutch three pointer at the end of regulation by Christie Shadrach helped the Rose-Hulman Fighting Engineers escape the Maurice H. Hall Activities Center with a 70-67 overtime win over Millsaps on Sunday. Despite leading by 11 points at halftime, the Majors collected their 13th loss in their last 14 games. Rose-Hulman was led by Christina Forsyth's 20 points, while Shadrach hit 5 threes en route to her 19 point outing. Millsaps posted four players in double digits in scoring but to no avail as the Majors fell to the bottom of the SCAC standings with the loss. Senior Lindsay Meyer led the Majors with 17 points, while Jessica Dunlap tallied her seventh double-double of the season with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Freshmen Jillian Compton and Sara Greer also netted 10 and 11 points respectively for Millsaps. Millsaps falls to 4-15 overall and 2-10 in the SCAC, while Rose-Hulman improves to 6-14 overall and 5-8 in the conference.

Millsaps will try to end their 7 game skid as they travel to Danville, KY, on Friday to battle the Colonels of Centre College. Millsaps' last win came at the expense of the Colonels earlier this year with a thrilling 83-80 victory in Jackson. Tip-off on Friday evening is set for 6:00 p.m.

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