JACKSON -- Junior \#Blake Martinez\# scored a career-high 24 points - all in the second half - and Millsaps shot a season-high 68 percent from the floor in the second to rally from a 3-point halftime deficit and win its second consecutive game at home, 73-60, over the University of Dallas.

Millsaps improved to 4-10 with the win, while the Crusaders dropped to 3-13 overall.

Neither team shot the ball well in the opening 20 minutes, with the Majors shooting 29 percent and the Crusaders 28 percent.  Both teams had just eight field goals apiece.

Millsaps scored 10 of the game's first 14 points to take an early 10-4 lead midway through the period before Jim Norton and UD rallied for a 14-3 run to take an 18-13 lead with under 5 minutes left in the half.  Norton scored eight-straight points for the Crusaders at one point, finishing the half with 10.

The Majors responded with an 8-0 run of their own to retake the lead momentarily at 21-18, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from freshman \#Ben Cooper\# and senior \#Chad Songy\#, before UD closed the half with six unanswered for a 24-21 lead at the break.

The Crusaders stretched their lead to a game-high six, 31-25, with 16:27 left in the game and continued to lead the ensuing 7:27 before Martinez and Millsaps went on a tear the final 9 minutes of regulation.

Martinez's back-to-back 3-pointers - two of six in the half - gave the Majors their first lead, 49-48, of the second half and kickstarted a 13-0 run for Millsaps that they rode to the finish.  They would go on to make 17-of-25 shots in the period for a season-high 68 percent, in addition to 10-of-10 shots from the charity stripe in the game's final 1:28.

Behind Martinez's 24 points, Songy finished with 13 points and five assists, followed by 11 points and eight rebounds from \#Chris Sanders\# and 10 points from \#Chris Ingle\#.  Cooper finished with six rebounds and three points in nine minutes off the bench.

Three Crusaders scored in double figures, led by Norton with 19, Noah Pettit with 13 and Travis Ekmark with 11.

Millsaps will step back into conference play this weekend, traveling to Sewanee and Oglethorpe.  Check the SCAC live audio/stats link to see which games are available online.