Box Score

JACKSON - With the 2009-10 season winding down, the Millsaps College women's basketball team saved its best game of the year for the final weekend in front of an ecstatic crowd Friday night at The Hangar Dome as it defeated visiting Colorado College 70-60 for its first win of the season.

Down two at the half, the Majors limited the Tigers to just 25 second-half points en route to the conference victory to move to 1-23 overall and 1-14 in the SCAC.

Needing a win to clinch a spot in next weekend's conference tournament, CC committed 25 turnovers as it falls to 12-12 overall and 6-9 in the SCAC and now must win at Hendrix on Sunday.

Prior to tonight's win, the Majors had lost 33 of their last 34 games dating back to last season.

Freshman \#Shante' Morton\# scored eight of the first 10 Millsaps points and \#Lovie Love\# added the other two as the Majors opened a 10-6 lead.

Millsaps maintained a slight advantage until CC went on an 8-0 scoring run to claim a 22-20 lead midway through the opening half.

The teams battled back-and-forth throughout the remainder of the half as the Majors found themselves behind 35-33 at the break.

Freshman \#Deonna Walton\# converted in the paint to open the second half as Millsaps evened the game 35-35 and took a two-point lead behind a jumper by \#Sarah Spann\#.

After the Tigers took a 50-47 lead with under nine minutes to play, the Majors rallied to score the next six points for a 53-50 advantage and never looked back.

Millsaps used pressure defense to keep the Tigers off-balance and scored a total of 33 points off turnovers as it closed the game on a 9-3 run to secure its first victory of the season.

Morton led all scorers with 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting while Spann added a career-high 17 points as Millsaps shot 44 percent from the floor in the contest.

Collier Clegg led the Tigers with 20 points while Becky Luetjen and Alyssa Aldaz reached double-figures, scoring 15 and 10 points, respectively.

The Majors will look to continue their winning ways as they close the 2009-10 season at The Hangar Dome Sunday afternoon against conference foe Austin College. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.