Lookout Mountain, Ga. – The Millsaps Majors Men's Basketball only shot 36% from the floor and 19% from behind the arc, but forced 20 turnovers to seven as they used a run in the second half to knock off the Covenant Scots 52-49. The win improves the Majors record to 5-2.
 
The Scots picked up the first basket of the game before sophomore Kyle Kinnear responded with a basket on the other end to tie it up. After another bucket from Covenant, junior Taylor Meades stroked a long three to give the Majors their first lead early on. Kinnear converted on his second basket of the game, but the Scots responded with a 14-2 run for the next seven minutes.
 
Freshman Sterling Thomas ended the run with a layup followed by layups from senior Jeff Brown and Thomas to cut the deficit to three. Millsaps continued to chip away at the lead before two free throws by Thomas tied the score at 22. After a missed three pointer by the Scots, sophomore Tully Gilligan hauled in the rebound and found Thomas who converted on a mid range jumped at the buzzer to give the Majors a 24-22 lead going into half.
 
The Majors started the second half with a jumped from Meades to increase their lead to four, but Covenant responded with a small 7-2 run and found themselves up 34-33 with 14 minutes remaining. Millsaps then forced five turnovers in the next three minutes to put themselves up by 42-36, the most the Majors had been up all game.
 
Covenant responded with a three, but Kinnear had a key layup in the post to put the Majors back up five. Millsaps increased the lead to seven thanks to two free throws from Meades before the Scots responded with another three to bring it down to four.
 
After Kinnear converted on one free throw, the Majors found themselves in transition after a missed jumper where junior Nick Cortese possible made the play of the game as he drove the baseline and drew the foul while converting the basket to extend the Majors lead to 50-42 after the free throw.
 
Covenant got the score down to three with 15 seconds remaining and the ball, but could not convert on the three pointer as Millspas escaped Lookout Mountain with the win.
 
Kinnear led all scorers with 13 points to go along with six rebounds while Meades added nine. Both Thomas and Cortese also chipped in with eight points. Senior Brian Merkel led Millsaps defensively with five steals in the game.
 
Millsaps returns to action tomorrow evening as they travel south in the state of Georgia as they take on the LaGrange Panthers at 6:00 p.m. (CT).