BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Senior guard Crystal Dickerson scored a season-high 18 points for Millsaps but it was host Birmingham-Southern who opened the second half on a 20-4 run to pull away with a 66-47 victory over Millsaps in Bill Battle Coliseum Friday night.

Millsaps (9-10) scored eight of the game's first 10 points for an early 6-point lead before BSC's Katelyn Wilson buried back-to-back 3-pointers between a Daniel Harbor jumper to tie the game at 10-10 with 13:34 left in the half.

The teams then traded five leads the ensuing 13 minutes until Courtney Gibson's 3-pointer with 1:01 remaining allowed BSC to go into intermission up 30-27.

BSC (11-8) took total control of the game in the opening 4:33 of the second half, scoring 14 unanswered points off lockdown defense and transition buckets to take a 44-27 lead.

After 6:10 without a single point going back to the first half, Millsaps finally found its way on the scoreboard at the 16:12 mark when Dickerson connected on a layup.

From there, the Panthers played steady offense in shooting 46 percent in the half and Millsaps could get no closer than 16 points the rest of the way as they fell for a fourth-straight game.

BSC had 13 different players score at least one bucket in the win, led by Gibson with 12 points and Wilson with 11 off the bench.  Millsaps was backed by 18 points from Dickerson, while both \#Jessica Bowie\# and \#Ronda Webb\# added seven points apiece.  Bowie also chipped in seven rebounds and four blocks in her first start of the season.

Millsaps will try and get back in the win column on Sunday, traveling to Memphis to take on Rhodes College at 3 p.m.  Check the schedule page for more details.

Game Notes:
• Freshman Janice Okeke was sick and did not travel
• Dickerson is just 47 points shy of 1,000 for her career
• Bowie is averaging 2.2 bpg (third in the SCAC)
• Millsaps dropped below .500 for the first time since Dec. 6