Women's Basketball

January 25, 2008

Tigers Drop Second Straight Game at Oglethorpe Friday

San Antonio - Trinity's women's basketball team lost its second consecutive game on Friday night, falling 73-84 to 22nd-ranked Oglethorpe University.

Trinity (11-4, 6-1) also lost for the first time in conference play this season.  Trinity, which trailed 36-37 at the half, shot over 40% in both periods, but hit just 2-19 (10.5%) from three-point range in the game.

Oglethorpe jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the opening minutes, but Trinity answered with nine unanswered points to take a brief 11-9 lead.  The Tigers pushed the lead to six late in the period, but Oglethorpe scored its own 9-0 run to pull ahead by three with under four left in the half.  The Tigers led by three with 70 seconds left, but Oglethorpe hit two buckets in the final minute to steal the halftime lead.

Despite the home team scoring the first three baskets of the second half, the game stayed fairly close early in the second - though Oglethorpe never gave up the lead.  After the Tigers cut the lead to four (54-50) with 12:34 to play, Oglethorpe went on a 10-0 run to take control of the game.  Trinity got to within eight with 95 seconds to play, but Oglethorpe hit 9-10 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. 

Meghan Scholbe led Trinity with her sixth double-double of the season, finishing with 17 points and 10 rebounds.  Scholbe also had four assists and five steals in the game, hitting 8-15 from the field.

Alexandra Blake came off the bench to score 14 points for the Tigers, while Rachel Snyder added 13 points and four assists before fouling out.  Snyder's 13 points ties her career-high, set in 2005-06 against Texas Lutheran.  Danielle Hubenak also scored in double digits, contributing 11 points and a pair of assists, while Krista Prato Matthews finished with six points and 10 rebounds. 

Oglethorpe's Katie Kulavic and Anna Findley finished with 20 points each to lead all scorers, while Tina Grace knocked in 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to go with six assists and four steals. 

Trinity will face University of the South-Sewanee tomorrow evening, finishing off the SCAC road trip in the East Division.  Trinity returns home next Friday and Saturday night, hosting Centre and DePauw.