Women's Basketball

January 20, 2008

Trinity Rally Falls Short Against Birmingham-Southern

San Antonio - Trinity's women's basketball team had its four-game winning streak snapped on Sunday, losing 64-81 against Birmingham-Southern College.

Trinity (11-3) trailed 26-43 at halftime, hitting under 30% from the field in the opening period.  Birmingham-Southern hit better than 50% of its shots.

Halfway through the period, the two teams were tied at 18-18, but Birmingham-Southern finished the half on a 25-8 run to account for the large lead.

The Tigers never gave up in the second half, but their early attempts at a comeback were thwarted by the visitors.  Trinity was finally able to push the lead to single digits with just over six minutes remaining, finishing with a 15-5 run that made it 57-63 with 5:53 to play.  Birmingham-Southern hit two free throws on its next possession, and after a Trinity basket put the lead back at just six, BSC nailed a three-pointer to make it 68-59. 

A three-point play on the next Tiger possession made it a six-point game once again with just under five minutes left, but Trinity would score only two more points the rest of the way as BSC finished the game on a 10-0 run.

Meghan Scholbe led Trinity with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Krista Prato Matthews added 14 points and nine boards.  Alexandra Blake came off the bench to score 14 points on 5-6 shooting.

Mallory Mooring led all scorers with 24 points for Birmingham-Southern, while Reba Ross tied a school record with 20 rebounds.  Ross also had a double-double in the game, scoring 13 points to go with four blocks and three steals.

Trinity will travel to Oglethorpe and Sewanee next weekend, continuing play in the SCAC.  The Tigers face nationally-ranked Oglethorpe on Friday night, followed by a Saturday evening game at Sewanee.  Trinity returns home February 1-2 to host Centre and DePauw.