Atlanta, Ga. – The Millsaps Majors Men's Basketball Team struggled again on the offensive end, as they could not overcome a 35% shooting day from the field and fell to the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrel on Sunday afternoon, 65-56. With the loss, the Majors have dropped their third straight game and fall to 6-7 overall and 1-4 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
 
After falling behind 8-0, the Majors responded with an 18-6 run to take their largest lead of the game at 18-14 with 8:58 remaining. The Majors went cold the rest of the half as they only scored four points. Oglethorpe finished the half on an 11-2 run to take a 29-20 lead going into half.
 
The second half did not start any better for the Majors as Oglethorpe turned their lead from a nine points lead to a 17 point lead with 14:35 remaining. The Majors continued to fight, but could not get back into the game.
 
Junior Taylor Meades led the Majors with 14 points off the bench while sophomore Ryan Berger and junior Nick Cortese added 13 and 10 points off the bench as well. Sophomore Kyle Kinnear led the way with seven rebounds while Berger added six. Kinnear also added a career high five blocks on the day.
 
The Majors return to action next weekend when they travel to Texas to take on their first Western Division teams of the season. They go to Sherman, Texas to wrap up their seven game  road trip against Austin College on Friday before returning on Sunday to take on the University of Dallas.