JACKSON – Junior Elyse Clay posted her first career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds and senior Mallory Morring notched a game-high 22 points to carry visiting Birmingham-Southern to a 73-54 win over Millsaps on Sunday at the Hangar Dome.

BSC (16-4) outshot Millsaps (5-15, 2-8 SCAC) 40 to 33 percent from the floor and also hit eight 3-pointers for 42 percent as they held onto a 15-point halftime lead to win by 19.

Usually pretty solid from the charity stripe at just under 70 percent as a team for the season, the Majors suffered from the absence of junior Crystal Dickerson for the game, hitting 14-of-24 attempts (11-of-20 first half) for 58 percent.

The Lady Panthers jumped out to an early 11-0 lead by hitting four of their first five shots before Millsaps scored eight straight of its own to make the score 11-8 at the 15:33 mark in the opening period. A 12-2 run for BSC stretched the lead back out to double figures and the visitors from Birmingham never looked back.

Despite outshooting BSC 41 percent to 34 percent in the second half, Millsaps failed to cut the lead within single digits and fell behind by as many as 21 late in the game before falling by a final score of 73-54.

The Lady Panthers benefited off 26 points in the paint and committed a season-low eight turnovers, while picking up 18 assists and seven steals.

Junior LaReina Adams notched her fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds for Millsaps, while fellow junior Jessica Bowie added 12 boards, nine points and three blocks to move into first in the SCAC with 42 total on the year.

Millsaps will continue a five-game homestand on Friday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. playing host to Colorado College and Austin College in the Hangar Dome.