BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Hendrix College men's basketball team lost to Southern Athletic Association rival Birmingham-Southern College 74-65 at Bill Battle Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.

The visiting Warriors (6-13, 1-7) trailed the Panthers (13-6, 5-3) by 14 with 13:29 to play, but was able to cut the deficit to five points at 59-54 over the next eight minutes with a 18-9 run. BSC's Larry Thomas and Larry McLean combined to go 13-of-14 at the free throw line in the final five minutes to help seal the win.

The Panthers led 32-28 at the break.

The game was decided at the free throw line, as BSC went 22-of-31 from the stripel and Hendrix was 9-of-17.

Hendrix Notes
- The Warriors committed just 10 turnovers, their second fewest on the year.
- Hendrix shot 41.4 percent from the field (24-of-58) and 38.1 percent (8-of-21) from three-point range.
- Junior guard Hank Aldous led the Warriors with 15 points to go with five rebounds and three assists.
- Sophomore point guard Gabe Gumm netted 11 points, his third double-digit scoring performance of the year, and dished out five assists.
- Senior forward Luke Vance scored 10 points, grabbed nine boards and blocked a pair of shots.
- Sophomore Aaron Steele came off the bench to score nine points on three outside shots in the first half.
- Sophomore Travis Garrett had seven points off the bench and junior John Ogle had four points, six rebounds and two blocks.

Birmingham-Southern Notes
- With the win the Panthers moved into a three-way tie for third place in the SAA standings at 5-3.
- Guard Larry Thomas, the league's leading scorer, had 33 points on 11-of-16 shooting and went 9-of-10 at the free throw line. He also had eight boards and three steals.
- Ian Thom added 10 points and Alex Avery grabbed 13 rebounds.
- McLean scored nine points and went 7-for-7 at the free throw line.
- The Panthers shot 41.8 percent (23-of-55) from the field and 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from outside.
- BSC held a 40-35 rebounding edge

Up Next
The Warriors will travel to Tennessee on Friday to face Sewanee - The University of the South.