Box Score

SHERMAN, Texas - Standout senior guard Kola Alade scored a game-high 16 points and connected on two of Austin College's season-high 11 3-pointers to lift the host 'Roos to a 61-50 win over Millsaps College Saturday night at Hughey Gym.

Austin College (6-1, 2-0 SCAC) jumped out to a quick 16-6 lead midway through the first half behind 3-pointers from Scott Straley, Chris Sturtevant and Nick Wade and never looked back. The Majors battled back with five unanswered to make it a 16-11 game on a jumper by \#Quinn Lemieux\#, but wouldn't get any closer the rest of the half or the game.

The 'Roos responded with a 17-6 run over the next 5:47 behind nine of Alade's 10 first half points and three more 3-point baskets, while Millsaps went without a field goal for 4:43 after a \#Chris Ingle\# layup and free throw and couldn't find an answer.

AC took a commanding 40-23 halftime advantage to the locker room, getting 17 points from its bench and capitalizing on 11 second half points.

Millsaps (1-5, 0-2 SCAC) fought back within single digits midway through the second half, 49-40, putting together a 17-9 run capped by a \#Blake Martinez\# 3-pointer with 10:40 remaining. The Majors pulled down four offensive rebounds during the run, with \#Nick Cortese\#, \#Ben Cooper\#, \#Jeff Brown\# and \#Cameron Varnado\# each chipping in buckets.

AC, however, would score the next seven points to stretch the lead back to 56-40 with 4:51 remaining, capped by a Sturtevant tip-in off a missed jumper.

One last Millsaps run, 10-3 over 4:14, cut it to 59-50 with less than a minute remaining before late free throws from Arron Mewbourn iced the game in the final seconds.

Millsaps scored 30 of its 50 points in the paint and couldn't find the range from downtown, hitting just 2-of-17 attempts while AC connected on 11-of-28 for 39 percent.

The Majors had nine different players find the scoring column, led by Lemieux with a career-high 13 points and nine boards. Varnado added 10 points whereas Martinez was held to just eight points on 3-of-13 shooting. AC was led by Alade with 16, Straley with 12 and Kyle Lintelman with 11.

Millsaps will look to snap a four-game skid at Rust on Tuesday, Dec. 15 in Holly Springs.