LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball continued last week, with nine conference games over the weekend, highlighted by Trinity, St. Thomas and Southwestern all posting unblemished records for the week in league play.
Trinity (13-2, 8-0) is perfect through its opening eight league games for the first time since the 2012-13 season after knocking off Johnson & Wales (2-12, 2-7), 103-26, and Colorado College, 90-66, at home last Friday and Saturday night. The Tigers held to Wildcats to 26 points on just nine made field goals, which ties for the lowest score by a Trinity opponent since the 1991-92 season. Against JWU, Trinity posted season best marks for three-point field goals made (15), field goal percentage (55.3) and steals (27). The victory over CC marked the 10th-straight overall for the Texas Tigers dating back to December 21st. The Tigers have now scored at least 80 points in each of the last seven games, which includes four games at 90 or more, and two games in triple digits. Senior Abby Holland continued to lead the way for the Tigers, averaging 22.5 points per game, shooting 73.1% (19-26) from the field, adding 6.5, 3.5 assists, and 2.0 steals per game to her stat line. Holland began with 19 points (9-11 shooting), five rebounds, and four steals in just 19 minutes of action against JWU. She followed with a season-best 26 points (10-15 from the field), eight boards, and two assists against Colorado College.
St. Thomas (12-4, 7-2) defeated Centenary (1-15, 1-8), 104-56, last Saturday at home in the only contest of the week for both teams. The win marked the second-straight game St. Thomas has been in triple digits and the fourth time this season the Celts have reached the century mark. Four different Celts finished the game in double-digits, led by senior Sheridan Hopkins with 23 points. Hopkins, who has reached 20 or more points now in 11 games this season, also added five steals, two rebounds and two assists. The Celts have won four straight games, and six of their last seven.
Austin College (13-2, 6-2) dropped its second game in a row last Friday, 76-73, on the road to Southwestern, before bouncing back to defeat Texas Lutheran, 89-59, on Saturday. In the win over the Bulldogs, the ‘Roos outscored TLU 25-8 in the third quarter and shot a season-best 49.2 percent from the field (29-59), led by 19 points from Reagan Chiaverini on 8-for-12 shooting. Chiaverini also recorded six rebounds and one assist. Defensively, Austin College limited TLU to just 27.9 percent from the field after the Bulldogs posted 30 percent or higher in the previous 11 contests.
Colorado College (10-6, 6-3) split a pair of SCAC road contests last week, defeating Schreiner, 69-63, on Friday, before falling to Trinity on Saturday, 90-66. The win over the Mountaineers marked the first time Colorado College has earned a win in Kerrville since Schreiner joined the SCAC back in the 2013-14 season. McKenzee Gertz averaged 17.5 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Tigers, including a 20-point, 10-rebound and six-steal performance in the win over Schreiner.
Texas Lutheran (7-9, 5-4) opened the weekend with an impressive 79-53 victory at home against Dallas (3-12, 1-7) before falling to Austin College to close out the weekend on Saturday. The Bulldogs shot a season-best 50 percent from both the field (28-56) and from the three-point line (9-18) en route to posting their second-highest point total this year in the win over the Crusaders. Dominique Campos led TLU with 15 points and added three rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block.
Schreiner (6-9, 4-4) has now won two of its last three contests after knocking off Johnson & Wales, 76-52, last Saturday as the Mountaineers drilled a season-best 10 three-point field goals en route to posting their high-water mark for points this year. Zahra Cross scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the way as Schreiner finished the game with five athletes in double-figures.
Southwestern (5-11, 3-6) went a perfect 2-0 last week, picking up key conference victories over Austin College, 76-73, on Friday and Dallas, 70-38, on Saturday. The Pirates shot a season-high 47.4 percent in the win over the ‘Roos before eclipsing that mark by shooting 48.2 percent in the win over the Crusaders. Senior center Cecily Woolfolk posted a double-double in each win with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the victory over Austin College and then followed that up with 23 points and 11 rebounds against Dallas. Woolfolk averaged 19 points on 48.3 percent shooting and 10.5 rebounds per game last week.
SCAC action continues this week with four games scheduled on Friday and five games on Saturday.
For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's season-opening action, click below:
This Week's Leaders:
Points/game (23.0): Sheridan Hopkins, St. Thomas
Rebounds/game (10.5): Cecily Woolfolk, Southwestern
Assists/game (6.0): Jazz Taylor, St. Thomas
Steals/game (5.0): Sheridan Hopkins, St. Thomas
Blocks/game (3.0): Kelly Simmons, Trinity
*FG percentage (73.1): Abby Holland, Trinity (19-26)
+FT percentage (100.0): Kacie West, Austin College (7-7); Reagan Chiaverini, Austin College (6-6)
#3FG percentage (70.0):Ashlyn Milton, Trinity (7-10)
*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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||||
| Wed. 15 |
|
49 |
|
67 | Final | |
| Fri. 17 |
|
53 |
|
79 | Final | |
|
73 |
|
76 | Final | ||
|
69 |
|
63 | Final | ||
|
26 |
|
103 | Final | ||
| Sat. 18 |
|
66 |
|
90 | Final | |
|
|
38 |
|
70 | Final | ||
|
|
89 |
|
59 | Final | ||
|
|
52 |
|
76 | Final |
|
|
|
56 |
|
104 | Final | ||
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