Rhodes went ice cold from the field in the second half on Sunday, January 27th in route to a 70-55 loss to Centre College.  After a strong first half on the road, the Lynx headed into the locker room up four points and looking to finish off an important road win.  The second half saw the Centre Colonels play mainly zone defense which held the Lynx offense to 22 second half points.  A seven minute scoring drought from 13:33 to 6:17 saw the Lynx fall behind by ten points.  Centre went on to defeat Rhodes 70 to 55.

After a disappoint effort on Friday, the Lynx came out strong and ready for a road battle against the Colonels.  Over the first eight minutes of the game there were 3 lead changes and 4 tied scores.  Mike Gallagher and Ryan Van Hoeck came off the bench to spark the Lynx and knock down a pair of three-point field goals apiece to give the Lynx a healthy advantage.  A layup with 3:08 remaining in the half gave the Lynx their biggest lead of the night, up 33-24.  Centre would use the remaining time to score five points and cut into the Lynx lead going into the half.

The second half saw the Lynx shooting go ice cold and Centre grab a lead they would not give up.  Rhodes went on a 7:16 scoring drought in which the Colonels ran off nine points to grab a ten point advantage.  The Lynx were able to get it back to eight on numerous occasions but could not break through.  Rhodes started fouling early as Centre continued to knock down their free throws and finish off the Lynx by a score of 70-55.

Rhodes shot a season low 32.7% from the field, including 10-31 (32%) from the three-point line and 9-17 (53%) from the free-throw line.  Andrew Galow lead the Lynx offensively with 14 points and 6 assists, while Mike Gallagher came off the bench to add 12 points.  Drew Miller cleared the glass with 10 rebounds for the game.

Rhodes (11-8, 6-2) will be on the road for a pair of crucial SAA conference games on Friday, February 1st and Sunday, February 3rd.  The Lynx will play Millsaps College (2-6, 4-15) on Friday at 8pm and Birmingham Southern (14-4, 7-1) on Sunday at 3pm.