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CONWAY, Ark. - Hendrix picked up its third-straight win over Millsaps (Miss.) following an 81-58 victory Sunday in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) action, the final regular-season game for five Warriors - Jack Eaton, Sean Coman, Seth Stanley, Carl Fitch and Alex Conrad - inside Grove Gymnasium.



Hendrix (15-9, 8-5 SAA), which is locked into the third-seed for the upcoming SAA Tournament, ends the regular season 8-2 on Garrison Court, having won the last three by an average of 18.7 points per game.

The Warriors scored their largest margin of victory against Millsaps (4-19, 2-11 SAA), which fell to 0-10 in true road games, since another 23-point win (94-71) on Jan. 11, 2019.

Stanley, Tyler Deithloff and Darvis Rasberry Jr. each tallied 11 points. Deithloff shot 5-of-8 overall. Rasberry Jr. had a game-high nine rebounds.

Stanley scored five-straight points for his team in the first three minutes of the game, becoming just the seventh player in program history to surpass 1,600-career points.

Conrad finished with 10 points, shooting 5-of-7 inside the arc. Fitch had eight points and as many boards.

Eaton dished out a career-high six assists in the win. Coman had four, while Rasberry Jr. and Carter Weakley each recorded three.

All 15 Warriors who dressed Sunday saw playing time, and 12 found the scoring column.

Hendrix shot 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from the field in the first 20 minutes to lead 39-23 at intermission.

The Warriors finished 46.3 percent (31-of-67) from the floor overall, 33.3 percent (9-of-27) from 3 and 83.3 percent (10-of-12) from the foul line. Hendrix totaled 20 assists on 31 made field goals, improving to 7-1 when recording 18 or more assists, and committed a season-low five turnovers, its fewest since Feb. 9, 2018, against Birmingham-Southern (Ala.), when the Warriors also recorded just five. 

Hendrix outrebounded the Majors 40-31, including 8-6 on the offensive glass. The Warriors turned 13 Millsaps' miscues into 19 points and held edges in bench points (44-30), points in the paint (30-14) and second chance points (9-6).

Cameron Williams had 16 points, going 7-of-8 from the free throw line, in the loss. Doug Watson and Brock Brown each recorded 10 points. Watson shot 6-of-7 from the stripe.

The Majors shot 32.7 percent (17-of-52) overall, 38.9 percent (7-of-18) from distance and 81 percent (17-of-21) from the stripe.

Hendrix concludes the regular season Tuesday at Rhodes (Tenn.). Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT.