HAMMOND, La. – Millsaps shot a season-high 65 percent in the second half but could not overcome a 26-point halftime deficit in falling 85-56 to Division I Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night at the University Center.

SELU (5-4) shot 62 percent in the first half and dominated the boards, outrebounding the Majors 23-9, while holding visiting Millsaps to 16 points in the period on just 6-of-27 aim.

Millsaps (2-7) scored the game's first two points off a Chris Ingle jumper before the Lions went on a 23-5 run to open up a double digit lead that they carried into intermission.

Out of the break, head coach Tim Wise and the Majors found their rhythm, hitting 10 of its first 13 shots in the second half to cut the lead to 20 at 59-39. Blake Martinez scored 12 of his team-high 17 points during that spurt, knocking down three 3-pointers.

The teams traded buckets the rest of the way, and SELU built its lead to as many as 34, before Millsaps scored the game's final five points off a Brian Merkel 3-pointer and a jumper by Jeff Brown just before the final buzzer sounded.

Millsaps erased a 22 percent shooting performance in the first half with 65 percent shooting in the second, only getting outscored 43-40 by a Division I member. The Majors also grabbed two more rebounds in the second period, 12-10, to finish with 21 total.

Behind Martinez's 17, junior Cameron Varnado scored 11 off the bench on 3-of-7 shooting. Songy edged a few spots closer in the career assists column, dishing out a team-high four dimes to give him 224, just 25 shy of Phillip Robinson for fifth all-time.

The Majors will take the next two weeks off for Christmas Break before returning to action Jan. 2 and 4 at conference foes Trinity and Southwestern University.