Women's Basketball

February 29, 2008

Trinity Beats Sewanee in Opening Round of SCAC Tournament

Conway, Arkansas - Trinity's women's basketball team scored an 80-61 win over the University of the South-Sewanee in the opening round of the SCAC Tournament on Friday night.

Trinity (20-5) led 41-31 at the half, shooting 60% (18-30) from the field to start the game.  Sewanee was held under 33% shooting in both halves.

Krista Prato Matthews led Trinity with 26 points on 11-15 shooting, collecting eight rebounds to go with her four blocks.  The four blocks gives Prato Matthews 171 in her career, breaking Trinity's career record of 169 that was held by Bernadette Navjar and Tara Rohde.

Meghan Scholbe posted her ninth double-double of the season, finishing with 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds against Sewanee.  Scholbe also dished out four assists, recorded three blocks, and swiped two steals in the game.

Alexandra Blake scored 12 points and led Trinity with five assists.  She hit 5-8 from the field - including both of her three-point tries - and pulled down nine boards.  Megan D'Errico matched her season-high with 12 points off the bench, hitting 6-8 from the field in 19 minutes on the floor.

Anne Wills led Sewanee with 16 points in the game, while Steffi Renninger and Lauren Gulley chipped in with 11 points each. 

Trinity will face the winnner of tonight's game between Hendrix and Oglethorpe at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.  All of tomorrow's games will be played at Hendrix College.