SEWANEE, Tenn. - The Millsaps men's basketball team dropped their second in a row today at Sewanee, 55-51.

The Majors jumped out to a 6-0 lead to open the game. They reamined in the lead until halfway throught the first half when the Tigers managed to tie the game at six and take the lead, 6-8 at the foul line. The Tigers hled on for the rest of the period, leading by six themselves, 23-17, at the half.

The game never got out of reach in the second half. Brian Merkel hit a jumper with 10:04 remaining to pull the Majors to witin two, 39-37, but they were never able to regain the lead. Everytime the Majors made a move the Tigers answered to hold on for the narrow win, 55-51.

LV Sumler led the Majors with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Brian Merkel finished with 11 and Taylor Meades rounded out those in double figures with 10 points. Valentino Bryant led all scorers for the Tigers with 21 points.

The Majors will return to Jackson this weekend for their final two home SCAC games before the conference tournamnet. They will host Trinity University on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the Hangar Dome.