CONWAY, Ark. - Hendrix men's basketball battled the Sewanee Tigers Sunday afternoon in a very meaningful game in the Southern Athletic Association standings. After trailing by 18 in the first half a week ago in Sewanee, Tenn. and carving a night-point victory, the Warriors jumped out to an 18-point lead Sunday afternoon midway through the first half inside Grove Gymnasium. The Tigers crawled within two points in the second half but Hendrix hung on to the lead thanks to some timely baskets as the Warriors pulled off the 85-81 win to remain in a second-place tie (Oglethorpe) in the SAA standings. With the win, Hendrix improves to 12-8 on the season with a 6-3 mark in SAA play. The 12 wins on the season are the most wins in a single-season since the 2014-15 season. The Tigers fall to 9-11 on the season with a 3-6 mark in conference play. After recording two wins against the Tigers in the last seven days, Hendrix has recorded its first regular season sweep against the Sewanee Tigers in program history. Jacob Link fell short of a triple-double after recording 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while Seth Stanley scored a team-high 22 points.

THE BASICS 
Score:  Hendrix 85, Sewanee 81
Records: Warriors (12-8, 6-3 SAA) | Tigers (9-11, 3-6 SAA)
Location | Time: Conway, Ark. | 3 p.m.
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OF NOTE
- Hendrix jumped out to a 22-4 lead after the Tigers missed 12 shots in the first 10 minutes of the game.
- The Tigers chipped the lead down to eight points, 22-14 until Adam Phillip buried a huge three-pointer with 7:09 left in the first half.
- A three-pointer by Stanley with 1:32 left in the opening half put the Warriors up 15, 47-32 but the Tigers scored the final five points of the half as Hendrix held the 47-36 advantage at the break.
- Just when it seemed like the Tigers controlled the momentum after hitting two-straight three's, Sean Coman buried his third three-pointer of the game and Link hit a free throw 33 seconds later as Hendrix held the 58-48 lead with 13 minutes left.
- Sewanee buried back-to-back three's again with over seven minutes left to pull within five, 63-58. 
- Four straight free throw's by the road team and the Tigers were within two, 66-64, with 5:31 left in regulation.
- 10 consecutive points by the home team put the Warriors on top 75-64 but the Tigers did not go away. 
- The Tigers trailed by 10, 81-71, with 63 seconds left. Sewanee hit two straight three-pointers once again but Coman hit a huge free throw with 2 seconds left as the Warriors recorded the huge 85-81 win.

BOX SCORE NOTABLE
- Stanley shot 5-of-17 on the day from the floor while also recording five rebounds, two assists and a steal in 28 minutes of work.
- After recording one point two days ago, Link recorded 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting, hit two huge three-pointers and shot 7-of-12 from the charity stripe while also recording the game-high nine rebounds and seven assists against the Tigers.
- Alex Conrad registered eight points and also pulled down nine rebounds in 28 minutes of work off the bench.
- Rod Cummings II and Coman combined for 23 points and five rebounds while shooting a combined 8-of-16 in the huge win.
- Brooks Cartwright, Phillip and Jack Eaton combined for nine points and three steals against the Tigers.
- Hendrix shot 25-of-54 (46.3 percent) from the floor, 9-of-24 (37.5 percent) from deep and 26-of-38 (68.4 percent) from the charity stripe in the huge conference win Sunday.
- With five SAA games left on the regular season, Hendrix is in a two-way tie for second place in the SAA standings (Oglethorpe). The winner of Friday's game from Conway obtains sole possession of second place in the conference standings. The top four teams in the standings will host the Opening Round of the 2020 SAA Championships.
- Hendrix improves to 8-2 when playing inside the confines of Grove Gymnasium this season and also 4-1 in SAA games at home this season.

WHO'S NEXT
Up next, Hendrix remains in Grove Gymnasium to take on Oglethorpe Friday at 8 p.m. as part of Senior Day. A win Friday and Hendrix will clinch its first winning season since the 2008-09 season.