Colorado College Colorado College split games last weekend as it resumed conference play on the road against Austin College and the University of Dallas. CC won the first game of the weekend against Austin, 83-72. The Tigers shot a season-high 52.4 percent from the floor and scored a season-high 83 points in their win over the Kangaroos. CC’s 83-point performance was the highest scoring game for the Tigers in over a year. Senior Becky Luetjen led the offense with 22 points, while junior Marissa Gradoz led the team with 10 rebounds and seven assists. CC dropped its final game of the week against Dallas, 77-65, when it struggled offensively committing 34 turnovers. Senior Jordy Stephenson led the team with a career-high 23 points against the Crusaders. Luetjen also added 21 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season during Sunday’s game. Luetjen led the team on offense, averaging 21.5 points a game during the week, while Gradoz led the team on defense, averaging 10 rebounds a game.

Dallas (5-8, 1-4 SCAC) registered a 1-1 record on the week in SCAC play. allas hosted Hendrix College on Friday evening at the Maher Athletic Center. The Lady Crusasders forced overtime after overcoming a five-point first-half deficit. The score entering the extra period was 71-71 thanks to junior guard Kylie Yoshimura sinking a 3-pointer with three-seconds remaining in regulation. Hendrix prevailed in the overtime period, 90-85, despite a career-high 42-points for Yoshimura. Sunday brought Colorado College to Irving, Texas. Dallas led over the Lady Tigers, 41-23, at halftime. Much of Dallas' first-half success was because of freshman guard Marleyna Bustamante, who registered 17 of her game-high 29-points in the initial half. Colorado made a game of it, late. The Lady Tigers narrowed Dallas' advantage to just two-points with 3:20 remaining in the contest. The Lady Crusaders flexed their muscle down the stretch, however, en route to a 77-65 victory -- their first-ever SCAC win. On tap this week for Dallas are two more SCAC home contests -- Rhodes College (Friday at 6 p.m.) and Millsaps College (Sunday at 1 p.m.).

Hendrix picked up a pair of SCAC road wins in Texas to improve to 3-2 in league play. On Friday, the Warriors topped Dallas 90-85 in overtime. In the overtime, freshman forward Maggie Biggs-Scribner scored nine of her season-best 13 points. The Warriors also went 13-of-18 from the free throw line, including 10 straight, in the extra period. Sophomore forward Jamie Tate scored 23 points pulled down 21 rebounds for her seventh consecutive double-double. Senior guard Katy Ashley-Pauley had a career-high 23 points and dished out seven assists and senior guard Anna Roane scored 19 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists. On Sunday, Tate broke the SCAC and Hendrix record with 29 rebounds in a 68-37 victory at Austin. The Nashville, Tenn. native broke the league mark of 28 held by Jennifer Warren of Trinity since Dec. 7, 1994 and Christina Byler’s Warrior record of 25 set Jan. 31, 2010. Tate grabbed 14 offensive rebounds and scored 10 points to go with three assists and two steals. Roane hit four three-pointers en route to 17 points to lead all scorers. The Warriors will return to Conway to host Sewanee and Centre this weekend.

Senior Janice Okeke has been through it all as a Millsaps Major during her career. This weekend, the lone senior led the Majors with seven points in overtime as her career high 26 points and 15 rebounds led Millsaps to a 79- 76 come from behind win over Birmingham-Southern followed by a 12 points, 19 rebound performance in another come from behind win over Oglethorpe. It was the Majors first win over the Panthers in the programs history and the ninth straight win for Millsaps. On Friday, Okeke finished with a career night in points and also added two steals and two blocks. Junior Shante Morton also had a great night with 20 points while freshman Velvet Johnson picked up 17 and the game winning field goal. Sophomore Shatoya White had a great night passing with seven assists. Against Oglethorpe, the Majors struggled shooting, was behind most of the game, and looked as though their winning streak was coming to a close on Sunday afternoon against Oglethorpe. However, Millsaps fought and found a way to escape Atlanta with a 58-52 overtime win to pick up their ninth straight win. Morton and Okeke dominated the low post as Morton finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds while Okeke added 12 points and 19 rebounds. Junior Lovie Love also added 13 points. With the wins, Millsaps improves to 12-2 overall and matched their overall win total from a year ago. They also move to 4-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Standings and sit second overall in the Eastern Division. The Majors wrap up their nine game road trip this weekend as they travel to Texas to take on Austin College on Friday night and the University of Dallas on Sunday afternoon.

Oglethorpe dropped two weekend SCAC contests at home to Rhodes (L, 59-52) and Millsaps (L, 58-52 OT). Against Rhodes, the Petrels shook off a slow start to race out to a 12 point first half lead before the Lynx used a series of spurts to reclaim the lead and pull away for the win. In a game of runs, the Lynx got things started by scoring the game's first 8 points. Following an Aaron Nester timeout, though, Oglethorpe responded with the next 13 to jump in front by five. The Petrels then extended the lead all the way up to 12 with the score 28-16 with 5:03 left in the half. Rhodes countered with an 11-2 burst to close the half and send the teams into the locker room with Oglethorpe holding a 30-27 advantage. The squads traded three-balls at the outset of the second half and Oglethorpe led 33-30 before Rhodes went on their decisive spurt to take control of the game. The Lynx put together an 11-0 run to match their earlier largest lead of 8 with the score 41-33. The Petrels scratched back to get within two points but, again, the Lynx responded, this time with back-to-back three's to push the margin back to 8 with under three to play. Oglethorpe managed one more push but Rhodes handled their business at the free throw line, making 15-of-17 on the night, to close out the game. Against Millsaps, The Petrels held the lead for virtually all of regulation but the Majors were able to tie things and then scored the final 8 points of the overtime to steal the conference win. The Petrels got off to a great start in this one, racing out to an 11-0 lead that was spearheaded by 7 Mareva Bone points. The Majors did not score until over 8 minutes into the contest, but when they did, the points came in a flurry. Millsaps tallied 12 points in just over three minutes to take a brief 12-11 lead. Katie Weeks responded with a jumper to put OU back in front and the Petrels would extend that lead to 24-16 at the half. The Majors slowly chipped away at the Oglethorpe lead throughout the early stages of the second half and managed to tie it up at 31 apiece with 12:39 to play. The Petrels went on a 10-2 run, though, to push the margin back to 8 with 7:57 remaining. Millsaps responded with 10 straight points to suddenly take a 43-41 lead with 3:03 showing on the clock. Sarah Jones answered the call with a three-ball to give Oglethorpe the lead, Shante Morton countered with her own three for Millsaps a few possessions later to tie it again and the score read 48-48 after regulation. The Petrels did have a great chance to end the game on a Jones three-pointer at the buzzer but the shot was just wide. Oglethorpe briefly forged ahead in the overtime period following a Katie Weeks jumper to make it 52-50 Oglethorpe. That would be the Petrels last hoop, however, as the Majors rattled off 8 straight to close out the game. Playing shorthanded without either of their post players in Sarah Giles and Ky'Laine Rogers, the Petrels were outrebounded 55-38 on the afternoon. Oglethorpe held Millsaps to just 29% shooting (21-of-73) but could not overcome the size mismatch in the end. The Lady Petrels are now 3-11 (0-5) on the season and will travel to Texas to face Trinity this Friday at 6:00 p.m.

Birmingham Southern shot a sizzling 54.5% from three point land for the game and held on to beat Rhodes 78-62 in a SCAC Game played in Birmingham, AL on January 8th. Rhodes was led by freshman guard Sarah Johnson (Little Rock, AR) who scored a team high 14 points, pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. Rhodes jumped out to a 31-26 lead with 2:28 to play in the first half. However, the Panthers went on a 9-0 run to end the half up 35-31. Birmingham shot 50.9% from the field for the game and connected on 12 of 22 three point field goals. Lynx senior forward Sharwil Bell (Memphis, TN) added 11 points and junior center Mary Barber (St. Louis, MO) scored a season high 10 points. Rhodes falls to 8-5 on the year and will face the University of Dallas next Friday, January 13th, in Irving, TX. For the weekend  the Lynx went 1-1 after a 59-52 victory over the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels in Atlanta, GA on January 6th.

Sewanee split a pair of games last week. After taking two weeks off for the holiday season, Sewanee opened with a 66-26 blowout win over regional-rivalCovenant College (Ga.), Wednesday night. Three days later, the Tigers four-game winning streak finally ended when SCAC East Division Leader Centre picked up a 68-43 win inside Juhan Gymnasium. In both contests, junior guard Dana Middleton led the way. The second-year transfer average 12 points per game over the four-day stretch. Another note of interest was the play of freshman forward Kayla Sewell. Sewell currently leads the league in blocked shots this season. This week, the Calhoun, Tennessee native added seven more blocks to her total. For the week, Sewell averaged 9.5 ppg, 11 rpg, and 3.5 bpg.

Southwestern had a bye week from SCAC play this week. They return to action on Friday night, hosting Birmingham Southern and then face Oglethorpe on Saturday.

Trinity had the week off last week and will return to action Friday night at home against Oglethorpe.

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