Women's Basketball

January 20, 2007

Tigers Defeat Centre to Salvage SCAC Weekend Split

Danville, Kentucky - The Tiger women's basketball team bounced back from last night's SCAC loss with a 65-60 win over Centre College on Saturday.

Trinity (10-6, 4-3) and Centre were tied 31-31 at the half, and the Tigers shot better than 46% from the field in the period.  Centre shot just under 39% in the first half, then was held to 32% shooting (8-25) in the final 20 minutes of play. 

The Colonels jumped out to a 10-2 lead early in the game, but the Tigers fashioned an 11-2 run to take a one-point lead with 9:34 to play in the first.  Centre pushed the lead back to seven a few minutes later, but Trinity managed to tie it at the break.

The two teams went back and forth early in the second with neither team taking command until Trinity rattled off nine unanswered points to go ahead 53-44 with 9:54 remaining.  That lead increased to 12 points at the 4:22 mark - the biggest lead of the game for the Tigers.  The Colonels made it fairly close with a 7-1 run to close out the game, but they fell short in the end.

Krista Prato Matthews led Trinity to victory with 16 points and 12 rebounds to go with her four blocks.  Prato Matthews hit 7-12 from the field and had five offensive rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench.

Meghan Scholbe also had a double-double for the Tigers, collecting 11 points and 10 boards.  Scholbe also had a pair of assists and seven steals - the second-highest total of the season for Trinity. 

Lauren Andrews also finished in double figures with 13 points, adding three steals and a game-high seven assists.  Tierney Hughes added nine points, while Martha King chipped in with six points off the bench.

Centre's Chelsea Goodman led all scorers with 21 points in the game, while Chrystal Claunch finished with 13 points and five boards.  Goodman also led the Colonels with nine rebounds and three steals.

Trinity returns home next weekend to take on Sewanee and Oglethorpe in continued SCAC action.  The Tigers then travel to Rhodes and Millsaps the following weekend.