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Majors
Open SCAC Play with 79-64 Win over Hendrix
Rogan, Montgomery add their names to SCAC record books
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December 1, 2007
CONWAY, Ark. – Senior forward Rodney Rogan tied
a career-high with 26 points to
hit the 1,000-point mark in his career and seniors Lorenzo Bailey (17)
and Edrick Montgomery (19) each scored in double figures to help the
Majors top homestanding Hendrix
College in the conference-opener for
both teams,
79-64.
Millsaps (4-1, 1-0 SCAC) shot a season-high 52 percent from the floor – 58
percent in the second half – and tied a season-low with just
nine turnovers, while scoring 20 points off 17 Hendrix (4-1, 0-1 SCAC)
turnovers in the contest.
Along with his 19 points and two blocks, Montgomery also had a team-high
nine rebounds as he became the 33rd player to reach 500 career rebounds
in SCAC
history.
The Majors held the Warriors to 36 percent shooting in the first half,
including a dismal 22 percent from beyond the arc, as they took an 11-point
lead, 39-28, into intermission.
Rogan scored 14 of his game-high 26 in the first period and Bailey was
a perfect 4-for-4 from the field (2-for-2 from beyond the arc) for 10 points
as Millsaps trailed twice in the early going at 4-2 and 6-5 before pushing
its lead
out to
as many as 18.
The Majors survived a 10-1 run and a 13-6 run from
the Warriors over the first 12:13 of the second and never allowed Hendrix
to get within five, holding off 13 points and 10 boards from Andrew
King to score 10 of the final 15 points of the game for a 79-64 win.
David Foley led Hendrix with a team-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting
and King added 15 points and 15 boards as the Warriors dropped their first
game of the season.
Millsaps will continue a stretch
of four-straight road games this weekend, taking on Pensacola
Christian at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Huntingdon College at 3
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