Women's Basketball

2005-06 Lady Majors - The Lady Majors(2-1) take on Divsion I Birmingham Southern on December 11th in Birmingham.

Lady Majors lose another close ballgame
(Ashley Wilbourn)

The Millsaps College Lady Majors traveled to Southwestern University on Fri., Jan. 13. The team faced off against their conference foe in an intense match-up which Millsaps eventually lost by a two-point margin.

In the first half of the contest, Southwestern was able to maintain a lead over the young Millsaps ball club for the majority of the period. Although their lead was initially small, the Texas based school eventually boosted their lead to eight points with about six minutes left to play in the half.

As time continued to elapse, however, the Lady Majors fought back. Shooting close to 60 percent in the period, the Lady Majors were able to close the lead Southwestern held to two points, 32-30.

As the second half began, Southwestern once again made an effort to boost their lead over Millsaps. Shooting at a high percentage in the opening minutes of the half, Southwestern brought their lead to an 11 point advantage by the 14:14 mark. Just as they had in the first though, the Lady Majors began to slowly cut down the Southwestern lead.

With 1:50 left to play, Southwestern led the game by only one point. After a Millsaps timeout and a Southwestern turnover, Crystal Dickerson went in for the Lady Majors, scoring a lay-up and giving Millsaps a 55-54 lead. The lead held until with nine seconds left Southwestern scored off of a Kristen Johnson three-point shot, winning the game 57-55.

The Lady Majors shot 47.1 percent for the game with Dickerson leading the way for the team, scoring 19 points and grabbing nine rebounds. Millsaps will next focus its attention on Trinity. The Lady Majors will travel to San Antonio on Jan. 15 for the match-up.