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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Seven of the league's nine women's basketball squads were in action this past week with three teams making their 2018-19 debuts.

Trinity began its season on Monday with a 91-73 home victory against Concordia (Texas), and then remained perfect it its first week of play with weekend victories at the McArthur Classic over Pacific Lutheran (66-57) and the host school Puget Sound (57-55). Junior forward Abby Holland posted back-to-back 22-point performances to average 19.0 points-per-game for Trinity while sophomore guard Jordan Rudd secured 15 rebounds over the three-game stretch. 

Austin College extended its winning streak to three in the new season adding victories over Millsaps (77-59) and Hendrix (65-54) at the SCAC/SAA Challenge on the campus of Hendrx. The Roos' were led by senior forward Bryce Frank who averaged 15.5 points-per-game and 8.5 rebounds-per-game. Senior guard Ann Savage also posted a 21-point performance against Millsaps.

Colorado College opened its season with a 67-53 win over Occidental on Friday. For the Tigers, sophomore classmates Jade Odom and McKenzee Gertz posted impressive performances with Odom collecting 20 points and nine rebounds and Gertz adding 18 points and eight rebounds. Junior guard Nia Duplain had a double-double in the win with 15 points and 11 rebounds. On Saturday, the Tigers fell to Whittier, 55-43.

Texas Lutheran battled to a 53-50 ovetime victory over LeTourneau at the SCAC/ASC Challenge at East Texas Baptist on Saturday. In the win, senior guard Cami Davis scored 15 points and added four rebouds. The Bulldogs were defeated by the host school, ETBU, by a 71-52 score on Friday night. 

The women's basketball schedule continues on Tuesday when Colorado College, Schreiner, Texas Lutheran and Trinity all take the floor in non-conference play. 

This Week's Leaders:

Points/game (19.0): Abby Holland, Trinity
Rebounds/game (12.0): Kayla Alvarado, Schreiner 
Assists/game (4.5): Casey Torbet, Colorado College; Addison Walling, Austin College
Steals/game (3.0): Jordan Rudd, Trinity; Tara Molina, Texas Lutheran
Blocks/game (1.5): Izzy Strigel, Colorado College
*FG percentage (66.7): Gabby Ivarra, Schreiner (4-6)
+FT percentage (100.0): Sam Henry, Trinity (8-8); Kacie West, Austin College (6-6) 
#3FG percentage (75.0): Josline Hernandez, Schreiner (3-4); Jordan Meltzer, Colorado College (2-3)

*minimum of 4 FGs made per game
+minimum of 2.5 FTs made per game
#minimum of 1.5 3FGs made per game

This Week's Results:

Date	Away		Home		Status	Links
November
Mon. 12	Concordia (Tex.)	73	Trinity (Tex.)	91	Final	Recap Box Score Photos Video
Thu. 15	Louisiana Col.	79	Centenary (La.)	68	Final	Recap Box Score Photos Video
	Southwestern (Tex.)	40	Hardin-Simmons	62	Final	Recap Recap Box Score Photos
Fri. 16	Schreiner	47	LeTourneau	61	Final	Box Score Video
	Texas Lutheran	52	East Tex. Baptist	71	Final	Box Score Video
	Trinity (Tex.)	66	Pacific Lutheran	57	Final	Recap Box Score Video
	Occidental	53	Colorado College	67	Final	Recap Recap Box Score
Sat. 17	LeTourneau	50	Texas Lutheran	53	Final - OT	Box Score
	Austin College	77	Millsaps	59	Final	Recap Box Score Video
	Howard Payne	73	Southwestern (Tex.)	71	Final	Recap Box Score
	Centenary (La.)	68	Hendrix	75	Final	Recap Box Score Video
	Schreiner	38	East Tex. Baptist	55	Final	Recap Box Score Video
	Colorado College	43	Whittier	55	Final	Recap Recap Box Score Video
	Trinity (Tex.)	57	Puget Sound	55	Final	Recap Recap Box Score Photos Video
Sun. 18	Centenary (La.)	53	Millsaps	72	Final	Recap Box Score Video
	Austin College	65	Hendrix	54	Final	Recap Box Score Video

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