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GEORGETOWN, Texas – Junior Travis Barber's back door layup with 18 seconds left and ensuing free throw allowed host Southwestern to escape with a 50-48 win on Sunday afternoon against Millsaps and earn its first win in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.

SU improved to 8-4 and 1-3 in the SCAC, while Millsaps fell to 2-9 and 0-3 in the league.

Leading by one, 48-47, with 28 seconds to play, Millsaps' Blake Martinez missed the front end of a one-and-one that would have allowed the Majors to extend a 1-point lead, thus giving the home team one last chance for a game-winning shot.

Quickly bringing the ball up the court with time winding down, junior guard Anthony Cox found a streaking Barber on a back door bounce pass for one of his game-high seven assists and the foul.

Millsaps had one last chance to win the game in the waning seconds after a Tim Wise timeout but senior Chad Songy's 3-pointer at the buzzer was no good.

Despite having their second-worst shooting performance of the season at 29.4 percent, the Majors hung around by forcing 16 Pirate turnovers off 11 steals (second most this season).

SU's Zach Bergstrom was the only Pirate in double figures on the day, finishing with a season-high 23 points (15 in the first half) on 7-of-14 aim.  Four pirates had six or more rebounds, which proved to be a big factor in the game, led by Barber, Bergstrom and Andrew McDonald with seven apiece.

Millsaps' Chris Sanders finished with a team-high 16 points and 11 rebounds for his fourth career double-double in the loss, while Chris Ingle added a career-high 11 points.  Freshman Ben Cooper also had a nice performance in eight minutes off the bench, scoring seven points and hitting all four of his free throw attempts.

The Majors will open a 3-game homestand on Jan. 9 as they welcome Austin College to town.