MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - Southwestern University Men's Basketball struggles against the conference's best defense at Rhodes College, 89-56. The Pirates drop the second game of the road trip, falling to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in conference play. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Rhodes came into the game 12-3 overall (3-1 in SAA play). The Lynx lone conference loss was to Millsaps College, but is coming off a massive victory against Trinity University on Friday, 79-73. Rhodes leads the league in points allowed (68.6). 
• The Pirates entered the game scoring 75.3 points per game and 77.5 allowed. 
• The starting five today included senior Shobby Enakpene, junior Luke Mills, junior Zach Gomez, junior Zach Shugars, and Aedan Lewis. 
• After a tough game shooting on Friday, Gomez started strong with five points as the Pirates led 15-10. 
• The Lynx turned on a 15-0 run at 25-15. Enakpene came alive to finish the half with 12 as Rhodes clearly put an emphasis on making the senior work for his buckets. 
• Southwestern carried a 43-28 deficit into halftime. 
• Gomez knocked down his fourth three with 13 points, but the Lynx extended the margin to 51-33. Rhodes used multiple high-level scorers as the points were spread across the stat sheet. 
• The Lynx went 20 straight minutes with only one turnover. Shugars was aggressive in the second half with 11 points, but the Pirates eventually fell 89-56. 

GAME NOTES

• The clear statistical difference was on the glass as the Lynx out rebounded the Pirates 52-37. Rhodes totaled 22 offensive boards. 
• Enakpene totaled a fourth straight double-figure scoring day with 12, but failed to score in the second half in limited time as the Lynx flocked to the senior. 
• Lewis ended his three-game streak of double-digit scoring nights with nine. 

UP NEXT
Southwestern looks to refocus back at home court next weekend against Centre College on Friday at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, Southwestern hosts Sewanee at 1 p.m.