Women's Basketball

January 19, 2007

Trinity Downed by 10th-Ranked DePauw Friday

Greencastle, Indiana - Trinity's women's basketball team suffered a 54-76 loss at 10th-ranked DePauw University in Friday night Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference action.

Trinity (9-6, 3-3) trailed 23-40 at the half, managing just nine first half field goals, and shooting less than 30% from the field in both periods.

Trinity never led in the game, only tying it at 2-2 in the opening minutes, and DePauw led by as many as 22 points in the first half.  Trinity got no closer than 15 points in the second half, as DePauw ran away with the victory.

Trinity was led by 16 points from Lauren Andrews.  Andrews hit 6-12 from the field and 4-5 free throw attempts for the Tigers.

Martha King and Meghan Scholbe added eight points each for Trinity, and Carlee Culver led the team with eight rebounds off the bench.  Kate Dawson chipped in with four points and a game-high four steals.

Kaitlin McGonigal led all scorers with 17 points off the bench for DePauw, hitting 6-11 shots and adding eight rebounds.  Liz Bondi finished with 12 points and nine boards, while Gretchen Haehl hit 6-6 free throws on her way to 10 points.  Suzy Doughty finished with nine points and nine assists in 20 minutes of action.

Trinity travels to Centre College to finish off the SCAC weekend tomorrow evening, returning home for a conference doubleheader against Sewanee and Oglethorpe next weekend.