JACKSON – Coming off a 22-6 season and a championship appearance in the SCAC Tournament last season, the Millsaps Majors Women's Basketball Team announced their 2012-13 Schedule this afternoon. It will be the Majors first season in the new Southern Athletic Association.
The Majors will kick things off on Thursday, November 15th at home as they welcome the reigning American Southwest Conference Regular Season Champions, the Louisiana College Wildcats at 6 p.m in The Hangar Dome. Millsaps then immediately hits the road on the 17th to take on UT-Dallas, a team that finished right behind Louisiana College in the ASC East.
Millsaps returns home before the Thanksgiving Break to take on Covenant College on the 20th. After another week off, Millsaps is back in action with back-to-back home games to start December against Pensacola Christian on the 1st and Rust College on the 2nd.
After finals, the Majors remain at home to take on Huntingdon College on the 12th and will host their first SAA game of the season against Birmingham-Southern. Millsaps will wrap up a six game home stand against the University of Dallas on the 18th.
The Majors return to the court after Christmas, as they will travel to Montgomery, Ala. to participate in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on the campus of Huntingdon. They will take on the Alma Scots on the 28th and Maryville on the 29th.
The calendar then turns to 2013 and the Majors go straight into SAA play with a pair of home games as they take on Sewanee on the 4th of January and Centre on the 6th. Millsaps then goes on a four game road trip with a game at Rust on the 8th, a SAA game at BSC on the 12th and then conference games on the 18th and 20th against Rhodes and Hendrix.
Millsaps then returns home for four straight games against Oglethorpe and Berry. They will then have their second annual White Out Game on February 1st, where fans are asked to wear white at The Hangar Dome as they will take on Rhodes College. An allotted amount of free white t-shirts will be given out to students. The Majors will then have their Senior Night on February 3rd against Hendrix.
Millsaps finishes the season off with a four game road trip against Sewanee and Centre on the 8th and 10th and Berry and Oglethorpe on the 15th and 17th.
They will then participate in the Southern Athletic Association Tournament on Februrary 22nd through the 24th. The tournament will be held on the home floor of the team who wins the Regular Season Conference Title and is ranked No. 1 in the bracket.
Millsaps will plan on broadcasting all home games throughout the season. Stay tuned for the service as it has not been announced yet. To see the full schedule,
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