JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps women's basketball team earned the right to host the 2025 Southern Athletic Association Women's Basketball Championship after defeating Hendrix, 78-68 inside the Hangar Dome on Sunday.
Millsaps holds the tiebreakers for the top seed and earns at least a share of the SAA Regular-Season title. The Majors will only need one win over the final two games for the outright title.
Millsaps secures a first round bye and hosts the SAA Semifinals and Championship, Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1.
The Millsaps (20-3, 9-1 SAA) bench outscored Hendrix (8-15, 1-9 SAA) by a 48-20 margin. The Majors also forced 17 turnovers and controlled the points in the paint, 40-26.
Sophomore Tia Anderson netted a career-high 21 points and tied a career-best nine rebounds. She added a block, assist and steal.
Junior Elyse Warren protected home court with 17 points, seven rebounds and a steal.
Sophomore Garin Freeman was an all-around force with 14 points, six assists, three steals and two rebounds.
Junior Lexus Keyes scored 10 points, added a career-best five rebounds, an assist and a steal.
Hendrix earned an early 8-5 lead before the Majors came alive in the first quarter, closing on a 14-2.
A fastbreak layup by Franklin gave Millsops a 26-13 lead, forcing a Warrior timeout early in the second quarter.
Hendrix closed the deficit to seven points before Anderson sank a trey and Franklin connected on another layup before halftime. The Majors led, 39-27 at the break.
The visitors again battled back to close the deficit to six points before Millsaps responded with a 12-0 run midway through the third quarter.
With 4:22 remaining, Hendrix made it a 67-57 deficit, but Freeman answered with a layup and senior Emily Adams put the game away with a three-pointer. Millsaps held strong for a 78-68 triumph in its regular-season home finale.
The Majors next travel to Georgia for two final regular season games, beginning at Oglethorpe in Atlanta on Friday. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. CT with live video and live stats available at gomajors.com.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
