JACKSON – Five Millsaps players scored in double figures, led by senior Chad Songy with 14 points and a game-high six assists, as the host Majors snapped a two-game skid in a hard fought 70-66 win over visiting LaGrange College Sunday afternoon.

Senior Chris Sanders scored 12 points off the bench, including hitting 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch, while Blake Martinez had 13, Russell Booth added 11 and Chris Ingle 10.

LaGrange (2-7) built a 7-point halftime lead, 37-30, thanks to a sizzling 63.6 percent shooting on 14-of-22 aim and 10 points apiece from Nic Whitfield and Joe Cromwell.

The Panthers led it from the 6:54 mark in the first half until the 6:29 mark in the second, a span of 20:25, before Millsaps finally retook the lead 58-57 off a Blake Martinez layup that capped a 9-2 run for the home team.

LaGrange jumped back in front momentarily, 60-59, thanks to a Whitfield and-one with just over three minutes left in regulation before Songy's 3-pointer for Millsaps off a Martinez assist put the Majors up for good at 62-60.

The teams traded buckets the ensuing 2:40 and LaGrange's Ryan Brown, who knocked down three 3-pointers off the bench, had a chance to tie it at 65-65 with 29 seconds left but hit the back iron. From there, Sanders' free throws down the stretch sealed the victory.

Whitfield had a game-high 18 for LaGrange on 7-of-10 shooting to lead all scorers, while Brown added 11 off the bench and Cromwell had 10. Despite an off shooting night, Dillon McLaughlin also had six assists and four steals in a starting role.

Millsaps will open a tough, 3-game road swing on Tuesday at Division I Southeastern Louisiana, tipping off at 7 p.m. in the University Center. That will be followed by road conference games at Trinity and Southwestern University on Jan. 2 and 4.