Women's Basketball

January 7, 2007

Tigers Fall to Austin College to Finish SCAC Weekend

Sherman, Texas - Trinity's women's basketball team lost for the second time this weekend, as Austin College won 88-80 on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity (8-5, 2-2) led 45-43 at halftime, shooting better than 51% from the field and draining 6-8 three-point attempts.  Austin College kept pace by shooting nearly 47% from the field and also hitting six first half threes. 

Both teams cooled off in the second half, shooting under 40% from the field.  The Kangaroos were helped by 33 free throw attempts in the period, hitting 25 of those attempts for 75.8% shooting.  The Tigers hit 12-15 foul shots (80%) in the period and 9-10 in the first.

The Tigers led by as many as seven points late in the first half, but Austin came back to cut it to a two-point lead by halftime.  Austin took the lead in the first few minutes of the second half, then never gave up that lead over the final 17 plus minutes. 

The Kangaroos built up a 11-point lead with 6:22 to play, but the Tigers went on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to just two points with 4:05 left.  Austin College hit 11-14 free throws to seal the game down the stretch.

Carlee Culver led Trinity with 13 points off the bench, hitting 4-9 from the field and 2-3 from three-point range.  Culver also tied with Krista Prato Matthews for the team lead in rebounds, as both players pulled in six boards. 

Four other players scored in double figures for the Tigers, including 12 from Tierney Hughes.  Hughes hit 5-7 shots and 2-3 threes, but fouled out in the final minute of action.  Meghan Scholbe and Lauren Andrews both scored 11 points, while Prato Matthews added 10.

Beth Hannon and Leda McDaniel led the team with four assists each, with McDaniel also collecting seven points and four rebounds. 

Katy Williams led all players with 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Ceren Unal had 18 points to go with four steals and five blocks. 

Trinity will return home to host Southwestern University Saturday night in a conference doubleheader with the Tiger men's team.