Women's Basketball

February 15, 2008

Trinity Defeats Hendrix With Second Half Outburst

San Antonio - The Tiger women's basketball team opened a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend with a 76-52 win over Hendrix College on Friday night.

Trinity (16-5, 10-2) led 38-31 at halftime, hitting nearly 44% from the field in the first period.  The Tigers held Hendrix to less than 30% shooting in the half, and to 30.3% for the entire game.

The Tigers led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but Hendrix was able to knock that lead down to seven at the break, and then down to just one early in the second period.  Trinity responded with five straight points to go back up by six, but Hendrix scored six unanswered to tie the game at 43-43 with 14:53 to play.

Hendrix was unable to gain the lead, though, and Trinity came to life with a 16-0 run that effectively sealed the win.  Following that spurt, Hendrix could get no closer than 13 points.

Krista Prato Matthews and Meghan Scholbe both finished with double-doubles in the game.  Scholbe scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to go with three assists and four steals.  Prato Matthews narrowly missed a triple-double, collecting a team-best 18 points and 11 boards, and also recording eight blocked shots.  Prato Matthews hit 8-10 from the field in the game.

Rachel Snyder followed her career-high 22 points against Dallas last weekend with 17 points and eight assists against Hendrix tonight. 

Christina Byler led Hendrix with a game-high 23 points, while Samantha Clark finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the visitors.

Trinity will finish off the SCAC weekend by hosting Millsaps College at noon on Sunday.  It will be the final regular season home game of the season for the Tigers.