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Majors Lose Big to Birmingham-Southern, 87-40

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –
The Millsaps College women's basketball team shot a season-low 23 percent and were out-rebounded 64-21 by Birmingham-Southern College and dropped its 18th straight game of the season Sunday afternoon at Bill Battle Coliseum, 87-40.

The Majors remain winless at 0-18 overall and 0-9 in conference play, while the Panthers move to 8-9 overall and 3-6 in the SCAC.

Millsaps freshman \#Elizabeth Sigafoose\# scored the first basket of the game, but the Panthers tied it up and quickly pulled ahead on a 3-pointer from Caroline King.

BSC continued to score and built an 11-2 lead after a layup by Alex Adams.

The Majors responded with seven unanswered points to cut the lead to two midway through the opening half, but the Panthers countered with a 19-4 run in the next seven minutes to take a 30-13 lead.

Another 10-3 run gave BSC its largest lead of the half before a layup from \#Pamela Jackson\# ended the half with the Panthers leading 40-18.

Millsaps' poor shooting continued to haunt them in the second half as BSC opened on a 22-4 run to take a commanding 65-22 lead.

The Panthers, who shot their best game of the season, going 35-of-68 (51.5 percent) from the field, cruised through the final ten minutes of the game to take the victory, 87-40.

Freshman \#Jasmine Harbor\# led the Majors in scoring with 11 points, while \#Lovie Love\# and \#Sarah Spann\# each chipped in ten points.

King led BSC in scoring with 11 points as the Panthers had 17 different players record points in the game.

BSC broke its single-game rebounding record with 64 boards, while Millsaps pulled down 21. The Majors committed a season-low eight turnovers after averaging 23 a game the rest of the season.

Millsaps returns home for a pair of conference games as it plays host to Sewanee University Friday night at 6 p.m. and Oglethorpe University Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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