CONWAY, Ark. -- Four of Millsaps' starting five scored in double figures, led by \#Blake Martinez\# with a game-high 22 points off six 3-pointers, but it was host Hendrix College who used 26 bench points and a monster game from standout Andrew King to pull away with an 88-81 victory at Grove Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

Both teams shot lights out in the opening 20 minutes, with Hendrix hitting 58 percent of its shots and the Majors following with 54 percent shooting.  They also combined for 11 3-pointers in the half, as the Warriors led by three at intermission, 45-42, thanks to 10-of-13 shooting from the charity stripe.

Martinez and \#Chad Songy\# had strong first halves in scoring 14 and 10 points for Millsaps off six 3s, while Hendrix used a balanced scoring attack with nine players scoring at least a bucket and Nick Heathscott scoring eight off the bench.

Hendrix (16-9, 9-6 SCAC) led by as many as 11 in the first half with 5:20 to play and then opened the second with a 13-2 run to stretch its lead to 14 with just over 15 minutes left in regulation.

Millsaps (9-16, 6-9 SCAC) responded with an 11-2 run of its own over the ensuing 3:01 to draw within five at 60-55 with 12 minutes to play, capped by a \#Ben Cooper\# free throw, before back-to-back 3-pointers from Ryan Wibble and Ammon Martin regave the Warriors complete control and a game-high 15 point lead with 6:26 to play.

With their season on the line, the Majors desperately put together one last run over the ensuing 5 minutes, using five 3-pointers and a 20-5 spurt to knot it at 81-81 with 1:21 remaining in regulation.

On the Warriors' next possession, David Foley missed a point-blank layup but got a huge offensive rebound and putback to give Hendrix its final lead, 83-81, with 56 seconds left as they went on to score the final seven points for an 88-81 win.

The Majors were led by Martinez's 22, followed by 18 apiece from Songy and \#Chris Sanders\# who scored 12 of his 18 in the second half.  \#Cameron Varnado\# had 10 and senior \#Russell Booth\# added six to round out the top scorers for Millsaps.  King had 19 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead the host Warriors, who had five scorers in double figures.

Millsaps is all but out of the SCAC Tournament next weekend in Conway and will need an upset win from Colorado College at Southwestern AND Austin over 11th-ranked Trinity to advance.