Women's Basketball

February 9, 2007

Trinity Upset by Southwestern Friday Night

Georgetown, Texas - The Tiger women's basketball team suffered a 63-67 upset loss at the hands of Southwestern University on Friday night.

Trinity (14-7, 8-4) held a slim 30-29 lead at the half, despite holding the Pirates to just 30% shooting in the opening period.  Both teams shot well in the second half, but Southwestern made three more three-pointers and four more free throws in the period to pull off the victory.

Neither team held much of a lead for most of the first period, though Trinity did begin to pull away late in the half - leading 23-17 with 5:13 to go.  Southwestern was able to cut that lead down by the end of the period, hitting a pair of free throws with 22 seconds left for the halftime score.

Trinity again started to pull away in the second half, but Southwestern would not allow the lead to go to more than five points.  That led to a short run that tied the game at 51-51 with 8:06 to play, then to the team's first lead since early in the first half a minute later. 

The Pirates pulled ahead by six with 5:41 left, but now it was Trinity's turn to mount a comeback.  The Tigers outscored Southwestern 8-2 over the next couple of minutes, tying the game at 61-61 with 1:50 to play.  Trinity managed just two more shots the rest of the way as Southwestern pulled away with the important SCAC win.

Krista Prato Matthews led Trinity with 26 points and 12 rebounds in the game, hitting 11-16 from the field and 4-6 from the foul line.  Lauren Andrews added 16 points for the Tigers, also recording six assists and pulling in four rebounds.

Natasha Azizi and Kendal George led Southwestern with 21 points each, and George earned a double-double with 11 rebounds.  Azizi also had eight boards and four assists.

Trinity will head to the University of Dallas tomorrow night to finish off the regular season road schedule. The Tigers return home next weekend to finish off the regular season against Hendrix and Austin.