Women's Basketball

November 20, 2007

Tigers Down Mary Hardin-Baylor Tuesday

San Antonio - Trinity's women's basketball team used a strong second half to defeat the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 72-58 on Tuesday afternoon.

Trinity (3-0) trailed 33-37 at the half, with both teams hitting 14-29 (48.3%) from the field.  The big difference was 7-11 (63.6%) three-point shooting for UMHB.

The Tigers continued to shoot above 45% for the second half, but Mary Hardin-Baylor cooled off to nearly 30% shooting in the second half - including 0-7 from three-point range.

Krista Prato Matthews and Meghan Scholbe each finished with a double-double in the game, and Prato Matthews narrowly missed a triple-double for Trinity.

Prato Matthews hit 9-15 shots to score a game-high 19 points, pulling down 10 rebounds, and recording eight blocks.  Her eight blocks were the second most in school history, missing Bernadette Navjar's record of nine set in the 1998-99 season.

Scholbe finished with 14 points, 10 boards, five assists, and four steals in an all-around solid effort.  She hit 5-8 field goals and all four free throw attempts.

Tierney Hughes added 11 points and three assists, while Danielle Hubenak finished with nine points and five assists in 29 minutes. 

Landie Thompson was 6-11 from the field for 14 points for Mary Hardin-Baylor, while Blair Heitmiller hit 4-6 three-point shots to finish with 12 points. 

Trinity will host the Trinity University Thanksgiving Classic this weekend, facing George Fox and College of Notre Dame (MD) on Saturday and Sunday.

Krista Prato Matthews nearly finished with a triple-double in Tuesday's win, collecting 19 points, 10 rebounds, and eight blocks against UMHB

Meghan Scholbe scored her second double-double in three games, leading the team in points, assists, and steals to lift the Tigers to victory