SEWANEE, Tenn. -- The Millsaps College men's basketball team kicked off the final road trip of the regular season on Friday night with a stop at Sewanee.

Millsaps, having won the earlier meeting this year 80-72, was looking to complete the season sweep.

The Majors jumped out to a big lead early on, but Sewanee battled back to make it a one-point game at halftime. The Tigers went on to outscore Millsaps by eight points in the second half to grab a 98-91 win

The loss drops the Majors to 13-8 overall and 5-5 in the SAA. Sewanee improves to 10-11 overall and 4-6 in league play. 

Millsaps still holds a one-game lead over the Tigers, and sits just one game out of third place in the conference standings. 

How It Happened
The Majors opened up the scoring with a layup from Justin Van Pelt, and pushed their lead to 11-2 at the first media timeout. 

That lead grew to as many as 15 points when She'Chem Grant connected on one of his two three-pointers to make it 24-9 with 12:05 still left in the opening half.

It took another five minutes before Sewanee was able to mount a big run to get the deficit down to single digits.

The Tigers were able to get to the free throw line several times late in the half, going 8-8 in the final five minutes to help cut the Millsaps advantage to 44-43 at halftime. 

The teams traded baskets early in the second, with the Majors still able to maintain a lead. 

That changed when the Tigers went ahead 59-57 with 12:38 left to play and never trailed again.That go-ahead basket was part of a 10-0 Sewanee run that the Majors could not comeback from.

Millsaps got to within four points twice in the final five minutes, once on a Ryan McLaurin jumper, and later on another Grant three-pointer, but unfortunately the Tigers were able to hold off the comeback and escape with a 98-91 upset win. 

Notables
McLaurin finished with 18 points on 7-14 shooting from the field to lead all Millsaps scorers. Kaleb Jenkins added 16 points, while Van Pelt recorded another double-double with 13 points and a team-high 11 rebounds.

Anthony Hughes chipped in 11 points to round out the double-digit scorers for the Majors.

Millsaps dominated Sewanee on the offensive glass 18-11 leading to a 17-6 advantage in second-chance points.

What's Next?
The Majors will round out the road trip on Sunday afternoon at Centre College. Tip off from Danville, Kentucky is set for 2:00 p.m. CT