MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - No. 2-seed Oglethorpe (Ga.) defeated No. 3-seed Hendrix, 77-64, in the Southern Athletic Association Tournament semifinals Saturday inside the Cage Center on the campus of Berry (Ga.). The Warriors' season comes to a close after tying for the most wins since the 2008-09 campaign.

In the second half, Hendrix (17-10) went on a 9-2 run in just 55 seconds. Darvis Rasberry Jr. had two old-fashioned 3-point plays sandwiched around a Seth Stanley triple, giving Hendrix a 53-44 advantage with 13:04 left in the game. The Stormy Petrels responded with a 12-0 spurt. A Jackson Parks trey tied the affair at 56 with 8:47 to play, but an Uba Ezigbo 3-pointer started a run where Oglethorpe (18-7) scored 21 of the game's final 29 points.

The Warriors led by as many as nine, 21-12, in the first 20 minutes following a Carter Weakley bucket from deep in transition. Hendrix built a 37-35 advantage at intermission after shooting 44.4 percent (12-of-27) from the field, including 50 percent (4-of-8) from distance, and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the foul line and holding the Stormy Petrels to a 32.4 percent (12-of-37) clip from the floor and 26.7 percent (4-of-15) mark from 3 in the first half. 

Ezigbo and Dimetri Chambers each scored 18 points. Ezigbo shot 7-of-13 overall and 3-of-4 from distance. Chambers was 6-of-9 from the charity stripe.

Oglethorpe's Lane Foster added 17 points and was 8-of-11 from the foul line. Jack Murrah had 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3.

The Stormy Petrels shot 38.8 percent (26-of-67) overall, 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from beyond the arc and 68.2 percent (15-of-22) from the free throw line.

Stanley led all scorers with 23 points, going 8-of-10 from the stripe. Rasberry Jr. had 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting inside the arc. Sean Coman finished with 11 points and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the stripe.

Hendrix's Jack Eaton dished out three assists. Coman tallied seven rebounds, while Alex Conrad, Carl Fitch and Tyler Deithloff each grabbed six.

The Warriors shot 36.8 percent (21-of-57) overall and 80 percent (16-of-20) from the foul line. Hendrix dished out 11 assists on 21 made field goals and held edges in rebounds (41-39), points in the paint (28-26), second chance points (7-5) and fastbreak points (16-12).