MEMPHIS,TN- The Millsaps Majors women's basketball team's run in the Southern Athletic Association tournament ended on Saturday with a 78-65 loss to the Centre Colonels in the semi-finals. 

The loss knocks the Majors to 17-9 on the season while Centre moves on to the conference championship game tomorrow afternoon. 

Much like the first game between the teams in Danville, a nip-and-tuck game was ultimately decided by a 10-0 run by Centre midway through the second half where the Majors fell behind by 14 and could not recover. 

Centre controlled the early pace of play on Saturday, owning a six point lead through much of the early goings of the game. The Majors erased 11-5 and 15-9 deficits behind a three from Velvet Johnson and post baskets from Kala-Jewel Freeman and Miah Brooks. The Majors began to heat up midway through the half and threes from Beverly Holmes and Bria Johnson gave the Majors the lead. 

The two teams would trade baskets and the lead over the final eight minutes of the first half. A 10-4 Centre run put the Majors down five but late buckets from Velvet Johnson and Brittnei Early put the Majors down just one at the half, 39-38. 

Centre would build and nurse a five-point lead through most of the second half. It seemed that every time the Majors would get within one possession, Centre would have an answer. A pair of Miah Brooks layups brought the Majors within three at 55-52 with nine minutes left. But Centre would respond with a 7-2 run to bring the lead back to eight. 

Bria Johnson and Holmes would drain back-to-back threes to get the Majors within four at 64-60 but again the Colonels answered, this time with a back-breaking 12-2 run to put the game out of reach. 

Each team used a balanced effort on Saturday, with the Majors putting three in double figures and the Colonels putting four. The deciding stat may have been the rebounds, where Centre owned a 40-24 advantage. 

The Majors season more than likely ends at 17-9. They remain the only team to defeat Rhodes in conference and the only team to defeat the Lynx when All-American Lauren Avant played. The Majors' schedule saw the Majors play two conference champions (Rhodes and Texas Lutheran) as well as seven games against ranked South region teams. With no seniors on the team, the Majors will return everyone and will be a hungry, dangerous and talented team in 2014-15.