JACKSON – In front of a white hot crowd at The Hangar Dome, junior Taylor Meades' 18 points and junior Nick Cortese's 15 points propelled Millsaps to a 66-58 win over the Colorado College Tigers. For Millsaps, it was their first game at home since a December 4^th contest against Sewanee.
 
The Majors wasted no time in the first half as they jumped all over the Tigers to take a 20-11 lead thanks to eight points from Cortese. However, Millsaps went cold as they did not score any points in the next five minutes. The Tigers used that cold spell to go on a 15-0 run and take a 25-20 lead.
 
However the Majors would not go down quietly as they stormed back to tie it at 25 and took the lead back before half thanks to two free throws from senior Brian Merkel.
 
The second half started with a bang as all 12 of Millsaps' points came off three balls from Meades and Cortese, each hitting two to put Millsaps up 41-29. That early run sparked the Majors as they outscored Colorado 37-31 in the second half while shooting a blazing 60% from the field.

With 4:13 remaining, Colorado narrowed the gap to five, but jumpers from Merkel and Meades sealed the deal for Millsaps as they shot free throws the rest of the way to take the win.
 
Meades was big in the second half as he scored 14 of his 18 points as he shot 4-of-5 from the field and 3-of-4 from the three-point line. Cortese was fantastic all around as he added six assists, five rebounds, and a steal to his 15 points. Defensively, sophomore Ryan Berger picked up a career high 11 rebounds.
 
The Majors return to action on Sunday as they face off with the Hendrix Warriors. Tip off is set for 3 p.m. in The Hangar Dome.