Box Score
HAMMOND, La. -- Senior Kristy Carlin notched her 1,000th career point with her first basket of the game en route to a game-high 17 points and host Southeastern Louisiana set a new University Center record for the fewest points yielded in a 63-32 victory over visiting Millsaps Tuesday night.
An NCAA Division I member who competes in the Southland Conference, SELU shot just over 36 percent for the game compared to 26 percent for Millsaps and made its presence felt from beyond the arc in hitting nine 3-pointers to the Majors' none. Rebounds also played a huge factor, with the undersized Majors getting outrebounded 56-37.
Millsaps (6-5) fell behind 11-1 in the game's opening 5:02 but settled in to pull to within seven at 18-11 behind two buckets apiece from \#LaReina Adams\# and \#Tiffany Whitmore\# and a pair of free throws from sophomore \#Ronda Webb\# at the 8:07 mark. That's, however, as close as the Majors would get the rest of the way after SELU closed the half on a 15-8 run to take a 14-point lead into the break.
Carlin scored nine of her 17 points in the first half, while Quantae Thomas had nine and Charinee Mitchell added eight for the Lady Lions. Whitmore led the Majors with eight points in the period, while four other Millsaps players had at least one bucket. Freshman \#Olivia Coats\# scored her lone two points off a steal with 1.8 seconds left and jumper from just inside the 3-point line.
The Majors continued to play tough in the second half despite trailing by double digits the whole way, diving for loose balls, battling down low and playing a very solid 2-3 zone. They shot just 25 percent from the floor but nevertheless played like a team with a ton of pride.
SELU outscored Millsaps 30-13 in the second, with 20 of its 30 points in the paint.
Whitmore led all Majors with eight points, while freshman \#Janice Okeke\# finished with seven points and seven rebounds and Adams finished with six points and five boards.
Millsaps will step back into its element this weekend, playing host to conference rivals Austin and Colorado College. Both games can be seen live on www.atwsportscast.com.
