JACKSON, Miss. - The Majors cut their second half deficit to six twice in the last 1:41 but could not close the gap, falling 45-53 to Trinity.

The Majors (8-12, 3-9 SCAC) were seemingly about seven points behind the Tigers (10-10, 7-5 SCAC) all night long. Trinity got their lead as high as 14 in the first half, but the Majors battled back to keep the game within reach. The Tigers' 7-21 lead with 10:23 remaining in the first half would be their largest of the game.

Millsaps came out of halftime trailing 25-31 and Nick Cortese cut the deficit to four with a half-opening jumper, 27-31. Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Majors would come all night. It seemed whenever Millsaps began to make a run the Tigers found an answer to keep inching away.

Tully Gilligan hit a layup with 1:41 remaining to pull the Majors back to within two possessions of tying the game, but the three separate three-pointers missed their mark in the final minute and Matt Feldman hit four free throws to ice the game for the Tigers.

Trinity's Luke Caldarera led all scorers on the night with 19 points in 32 minutes. Brian Merkle paced the Majors with 13. Nick Cortese and Taylor Meades closed out those Majors in double figures with 12 and 10 points respectively. 

The Tigers gave up one more turnover for the night than did the Majors, 13-12, but they were able to convert the Millsaps miscues into 21 points to the Majors' 10 for a net eleven points where it counts.

The Majors will not have long to wait to get back on the winning side of the ledger as they will host the Southwestern University Pirates at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night in the Hangar Dome.