MEMPHIS, TN- Millsaps hung with the host school and top-seeded Rhodes Lynx but Rhodes pulled away in the second half to win 68-46 in the quarterfinals of the SAA tournament.
Myles Moore led the Majors in scoring with 11 points while Quinn Atkinson added eight more for the Majors. Millsaps struggled from the field, going just 2-15 from three point range and shooting just 31 percent for the game.
The Majors hung with Rhodes and led for much of the first half. A Myles Moore three and buckets from Logan Mancuso and Alex Gerchow sprung the Majors to a 17-13 lead at the eight-minute mark. Defense would take over for both teams down the first half stretch, a Mancuso lay-in with three minutes to go put Millsaps up 21-18. Rhodes would close the half strong, ending on a 9-2 run to grab a 27-23 lead on the Majors after 20 minutes.
The Majors would hang within six in the early goings of the second half. Rajan Hanstad had a three-point play and buckets by Atkinson and Dustin Aubert made it 38-32 Rhodes. The Lynx would begin to pull away on the back of a 12-2 run. Millsaps was able to stem the tide and a Myles Moore bucket with eight and a half minutes left kept it a 12-point game.
Millsaps would be limited to just one more field goal the rest of the way. Rhodes would build a lead as large as 24, winning by 22.
The loss ends the Majors' season at 7-19. Rhodes advances to the SAA semi-finals tomorrow evening.