SEWANEE, Tenn. - A 12-0 run midway through the second half proved to the difference as the Rhodes College men's basketball team dropped a conference road matchup to the Sewanee Tigers, 69-64, on Sunday afternoon.

Rhodes rebounded from their poor shooting effort last game, shooting 25-for-53 (47.2%) from the field and 5-of-16 (31.3%) from deep. Despite the sharp shooting, the Lynx could not slow down a hot shooting Sewanee team who went 50% from the field and 61% from downtown. Rhodes won the turnover battle, 14-10, but were outrebounded, 28-24. Rhodes dominated in the paint, 32-18, but Sewanee made up for it with their three-point shooting.

It was a tremendous first half between the two rivals as the two teams had 13 lead changes with Sewanee holding a close 32-31 lead at the break. Freshman Daniel Darst was terrific off the bench for Rhodes, pacing the Lynx with eight points in the half. 

In the second half, Rhodes took the lead immediately with Sewanee responding as the teams were tied up again after five mintues of play. With Sewanee leading 38-36, buckets from juniors Daniel Galvin and Tyler Gee, and a three from junior Brennan Sullivan, sparked a 7-0 run for a 43-38 lead. However, the Tigers struck with a 12-0 run and pushed it out to a 15-2 run for a 53-45 lead. 

Rhodes tried to make a run, but Sewanee would eventually push the lead to 10 with a little under five minutes to go. The Lynx cut the deficit to four with over two mintues to go as they looked to make a final push for the win. However, a huge three pointer with under two seconds on the shot clcok put Sewanee back up by seven.

The Lynx could not score agian until six seconds remaining in the game as they eventually fell to the Tigers, 69-64.

Galvin led the way with 16 points in the game while Gee was impressive, going for 14 points, 10 rebounds, and two steals. Darst finished with 10 points while sophomore Keyshawn Butts scored 10 points and added two steals. Sophomore JJ Weir had four assists and two steals.

Rhodes falls to 7-7 on the season and 1-2 in Southern Athletic Association play. The Lynx will return home on Saturday as Hendrix College will visit Mallory Gymnasium with first tip set for 5 PM.