DANVILLE, KY. – Hot-shooting Centre College defeated Berry College, 78-54, in a Southern Athletic Association game on Sunday afternoon.

The Colonels stopped the Vikings' five game winning streak and BC dropped to 9-7, 4-2. Centre improved to 7-9, 5-1.

Chanlir Segarra led the visitors with 18 points, five assists and five rebounds. She was 6-17 from the field and made four three-pointers. Megan Walsh came off the bench to score 11 points and grab eight rebounds for the Vikes.

In the first half, Berry took an early 9-5 lead after Segarra nailed a three-pointer with 16:35 on the clock. Centre, however, then heated up from the outside. They shot 8-14 from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes and led 47-28 at halftime.

Segarra made a basket with 15:14 left to cut the deficit to 53-39, but The Vikings got no closer in the second half. Centre's sharpshooting continued as they shot 48-percent (29-61), and 53-percent (10-19) from long range for the game. Berry was 20-66 from the field (30-percent) and 15-percent (4-27) behind the three-point line.

Paige Baechle scored a game-high 27 points for Centre. She was 11-24 shooting and pulled down 14 rebounds.

"We faced a veteran Centre team, which was clicking on all cylinders," said Berry Head Coach Stephanie Dunn. "We simply did not capitalize on our opportunities today. Yet I still feel good about the progress of this team; we need to get back to work and focus on our next game."

The Vikings travel to Birmingham-Southern next Friday night.