San Antonio, Texas – Two seasons ago, the Millsaps Majors Women's Basketball Team was sitting at the bottom of the SCAC after a 1-24 season. Now, with five games remaining, the Majors have earned a spot in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since the 2008-09 season after defeating Trinity 71-57 on Sunday afternoon. Millsaps used a 27-7 run to end the game including a 20-2 run midway through the second half as the Majors erased a five-point halftime deficit to come from behind and earn their 15th consecutive win.
 
Trinity started out ahead 3-0 after a three pointer from Hannah Cole, but the Majors responded with an 11-0 run thanks to five points from junior Shante Morton; however, that would be her only points of the first half. Trinity went back to work thanks to the impressive shooting performances from Cole and the SCAC's leading scorer, Murphy Burns, as they pulled back ahead 17-16 at the 9:09 mark.
 
The Majors responded with jumper by Shatoya White at the 7:52 mark to take an 18-17 lead, but Millsaps would struggle the remainder of the half as they only made one field goal. Trinity took advantage and took the lead back and got their lead as high as six. The Majors hung with tough defense and the ability to get to the free throw line as they went into halftime down 30-25.
 
Trinity did not let up early in the second half as they continued to hold their lead throughout the second half.
 
After two free throws by Morton to tie it at 40, the Majors got back-to-back layups from junior Lovie Love and senior Janice Okeke to take the lead 44-40 with 11:36 remaining. However, Trinity came right back with a 10-0 run thanks to a three pointer from Cole and four free throws and a three from Burns to give Trinity a 50-44 lead with all the momentum and 8:32 remaining.
 
The Majors then went to work. Love got things started with a short jumper followed by a layup from Morton to cut the deficit to two. Moments after a free throw from Okeke, Morton took over as she scored eight of the next 10 points including drawing fouls plus the basket.
 
After a jumper by Cole, the Majors then increased their lead to 64-52 after a layup from Love and a huge three pointer from freshman Velvet Johnson.
 
The Majors then won the free throw battle and played great defense to pull away and take another win.
 
Morton led the way with 24 points including 19 points in the second half. Johnson added 17 points while White picked up 12 points as she kept the Majors in reach in the first half with 11 points.
Defensively, Okeke led all rebounders with 15 while Johnson was terrific with four steals and three blocks in addition to her points.
 
The Majors return home on Friday as they welcome in the Birmingham-Southern Panthers, a team they narrowly beat in Birmingham a month ago 79-76 in overtime. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. at The Hangar Dome.