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JACKSON, Miss.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 2016 • 8 P.M. CST

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Jackson, Miss. – The Millsaps Men's Basketball Team will play next door rival Belhaven University to open up their regular season.

The Majors feature a bunch of fresh faces this year, with nine of 16 players on the roster being freshman. Returner Brennan Gager is the only senior player on the team and there are two juniors. The sophomore class is made up of four returners. Millsaps will be losing their two top scorers and will rely on mostly underclassmen to replace their 26.1 points per game and carry them this year.

The Majors will be led by Coach Timothy Wise again this year. Tim Wise enters his 14th season as the head men's basketball coach at Millsaps College and served as the athletic director from July 2006 to July 2014. Wise's past successes include five trips to the SCAC Tournament and a trip to the NCAA Tournament (Elite Eight) in 2007-08 in which the Majors posted a school record 28-4 mark and were ranked No. 6 in the final D3hoops.com poll of the season.

Last season, the Majors finished 5-21 and 4-10 in conference and lost in the Quarterfinals of the SAA Conference Tournament as the sixth seed.

Tip off against Belhaven is 8 p.m. at Belhaven.