JACKSON, MS- Beverly Holmes led a balanced scoring effort with 15 and the Majors held off the Centre Colonels 51-47 on Senior Day for the Majors. 

Millsaps honored seniors Brittnei Earl, Velvet Johnson and Samantha Perez after the game and moved to 10-2 in the SAA with the victory. 

Velvet Johnson scored seven of her 13 in the early goings as the Majors grabbed an early 9-4 lead. Centre would storm back, scoring the next five points to tie the game and built a lead of their own. Centre put together a 10-2 run building their largest lead of the game at 22-15. 

Millsaps would regroup and score the next 10 points to take a 25-22 lead into the half. A Holmes three pointer and a three-point play from Miah Brooks highlighted the run. Brooks finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds. 

The teams would go back and forth in the second half. The game featured six ties and 10 lead changes as the teams traded runs throughout the half. Ultimately the teams found themselves tied at 40 with under five minutes to go. Centre looked to take control of the game after going up 45-42 and controlling the ball. 

The Majors' defense rose to the occasion, forcing a miss and a turnover on consecutive possessions. Millsaps held Centre without a field goal over the last 2:15 of the game.

Johnson and Holmes each made jumpers as Millsaps retook the lead at 46-45.  Out of another defensive stop, Holmes made two clutch free throws to extend the lead to three with 30 seconds remaining. 

The Majors forced another errant shot from the Colonels and Kelli Randle split a pair of free throws to put Millsaps up two possessions. The teams would trade a pair of made free throws and Millsaps hung on for the win. 

The Majors held a 32-28 edge on the glass behind Brooks' 14 rebounds and held the only big edge on the stat sheet, 13-5 in second chance points. 

At 10-2 in the SAA and 18-5 overall, the Majors own a two-game lead with two games remaining. Millsaps heads to Hendrix next Friday night to take on the Warriors. Tip time is set for 6pm.