JACKSON -- Despite losing nine of its final 10 conference games to end the season, the Millsaps women's basketball team is off to the SCAC Tournament in Conway, Ark., next week for the first time in the Mary Bolton era.

A 4-1 start to the conference slate proved to be enough to sneak into the field of eight, while the Majors earn a not-so-nice draw in playing the nation's 4th-ranked team in Oglethorpe University.

Oglethorpe (22-3, 12-2 SCAC) is led by senior All-American Katie Kulavic who recently became the SCAC's all-time scoring leader with 1,850 points, while senior teammate Anna Findley sits just 75 points behind her for fourth on the all-time scoring list.

Millsaps (10-15, 5-10) finished the regular season with its most overall and league wins since the 2004-05 season under former head coach Robin Jeffries and will make their first conference tournament appearance since the 2005-06 season.

The Majors are led by a group of four seniors in \#Crystal Dickerson\# (10.5 ppg/6.2 rpg), \#LaReina Adams\# (10.5 ppg/7.1 rpg), \#Jessica Bowie\# (6.5 ppg/4.6 rpg/2.5 bpg) and \#Tiffany Whitmore\# (7.7 ppg), with Bowie's 59 blocks currently ranking second in the SCAC.

The two teams will meet on Friday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. CST.

Click here for the official Tournament home page and links to live video/audio/stats.