SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Olivia Falvey poured in 24 points,
Eliza Everett registered 11 rebounds and six assists and
Janie Boyd made three huge 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, helping Sewanee to a 71-67 victory over Millsaps College in women's basketball action here Sunday afternoon at Juhan Gymnasium.
The Tigers (8-6, 1-2 SAA) led 47-42 at the half but scored just eight points in the third quarter, making only 3-of-10 shots with six turnovers. Millsaps netted just 13 points in the period, shooting 3-for-17, and the teams headed to the final period tied at 55.
Hannah Cleveland posted a layup to open the fourth quarter and Falvey made a layup before Boyd's first triple of the period. Falvey added 1-of-2 free throws and Sewanee led, 63-56, with 7:20 remaining. Bailey Johnson netted a 3-pointer for the Majors, but Boyd answered with a three for the Tigers with 4:55 to play.
Sewanee did not score for almost four minutes and Johnson connected on another 3-pointer before a putback by Anaya Lewis made it 66-64 with 97 seconds on the clock. The Tigers missed six consecutive shots and committed a pair of turnovers before Boyd ended the scoring drought with her third triple of the quarter with 1:03 remaining, pushing the lead back to five.
Johnson again answered for Millsaps with her sixth triple of the game with 39.3 seconds to play. Falvey missed a runner in the lane with a shot clock winding down for the Tigers and after a timeout with 7.2 seconds on the clock, Lewis fumbled the inbounds pass, with the ball hitting her foot and rolling out of bounds.
Cleveland was fouled and made both attempts with 3.6 seconds remaining for the final points.
Falvey collected six rebounds and three assists while Boyd finished with 13 points, five boards and four assists. Everett netted only two points but contributed in lots of other ways.
Elyse Warren led the Majors with 19 points and 17 boards while Johnson posted 18 points and Tia Anderson added 12. Garin Freeman recorded eight points and 10 assists as well.
The Tigers put together a 15-3 run in the first quarter that started with a layup from
Micha Lovelace.
Grace Gavin and
Adison Howard each made 3-pointers and
Brianna Keating-Rendon added a triple before a layup by Howard. Lovelace netted two free throws for a 21-13 Sewanee advantage with two minutes to play in the period.
Anderson hit a pair of 3-pointers for Millsaps, the last one just before the buzzer, cutting the Tigers lead to 24-19 after 10 minutes.
Falvey netted a triple and two free throws early in the second quarter and she made another three, keeping the lead at six with 6:29 to play before the half. She posted her third 3-pointer of the period, stretching the advantage to nine, and a triple by Howard kept the lead at nine with 2:43 remaining in the period.
Warren netted consecutive field goals, but Keating-Rendon posted another triple and Boyd hit a floater off the glass. Freeman connected on two foul shots in the final minute for the Majors and Sewanee took a 47-42 lead to halftime.
The Tigers shot 52 percent from the field overall and 9-for-13 from behind the arc in the first two quarters.
Sewanee hits the road for the next four games beginning Friday at Oglethorpe University.
