LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - It was feast week in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball with eight of 10 teams in action, combining for an 8-7 record, highlighted by Austin College, St. Thomas and Colorado College all posting perfect records over the holiday break.
Austin College is 5-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season following wins last week against UT Dallas (58-57), Millsaps (67-38) and Hendrix (68-56) in which AC held its opponents to under 30 percent shooting in each contest. Against the Comets, the ‘Roos bench outscored the UT-Dallas bench, 23-14, posted a season-high six blocks, overcame a season-high 20 turnovers and held on in the end making a final defensive stand to grab the victory. Over the weekend against old SCAC rivals, Millsaps and Hendrix, Austin College hit double-digit three pointers (10) and collected double-digit steals (13) for the second time this season against the Majors and connected on a season-best 29 free throws and grabbed a season-high 51 rebounds in the win over the Warriors. Junior forward Ally Longaker averaged 11 points and seven rebounds while shooting 56 percent from the field and 83.3 percent from the free throw line and added 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game to lead a balanced ‘Roo offense.
St. Thomas (5-2) is out to its best start through seven games since the 2013-14 season after impressive victories last weekend against Sul Ross State, 83-72, on Friday and then knocking off Howard Payne, 100-75, on Saturday – the second time the team has hit the century mark this season. This weekend’s shooting performances represented the team’s best of the season as the Celts connecting on 45.7 percent (32-for-70) of their shots against the Lobos and then hit on 59.7 percent (37-62), including 53.8 percent (14-for-26) from three-point range against the Yellow Jackets. Defensively St. Thomas has now posted double-digit steals in three of its last four contests, including 10 in each win over the weekend. Senior Sheridan Hopkins continues to pour in the points after averaging 26 points on 56.8 percent (21-for-37) from the field. Hopkins, who has made 10 or more field goals in five of the team’s seven games this season, also averaged nine rebounds, three assists and two steals per game last week.
Colorado College (4-3) has posted its second four-game winning streak in the last two seasons, after previously not having any since the 2011-12 season with home victories last weekend against Pacific, 72-66, on Friday and Macalester, 64-59, on Saturday in the Rocky Mountain Thanksgiving Classic. The Tigers hit a season-high 25 free throws in the win over the Boxers and then outscored the Scots bench 14-7 to extend its winning streak to four on Saturday. Junior McKenzee Gertz led CC averaging 19.5 points on 15-for-32 shooting (46.9%) and added 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 assists per game.
Schreiner (1-5) split a pair on contests against American Southwest Conference opponents over the weekend, falling to Howard Payne, 66-59, on Friday before bouncing back to grab its first win of the season over Sul Ross State, 67-56, on Saturday. In the win, the Mountaineers posted several season-highs, including points (67), field goal percentage (35.4%), rebounds (48) and steals (12). Junior center Sydney Williams posted her first double-double of the season in the win over the Lobos with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
SCAC women’s basketball continues this week with a light schedule as teams begin to prepare for final exams as two contests are scheduled for Tuesday and one scheduled for both Friday and Saturday.
This Week's Leaders:
Points/game (26.0): Sheridan Hopkins, St. Thomas
Rebounds/game (12.0): Sydney Williams, Schreiner
Assists/game (6.5): Jazz Taylor, St. Thomas
Steals/game (3.5): Brianna Bailey, Johnson & Wales
Blocks/game (2.0): Noel Pratts, Southwestern
*FG percentage (57.1): Lauren Fulenwider, Southwestern (4-7)
+FT percentage (100.0): Natalie McCoy, Austin College (11-11); Sheridan Hopkins, St. Thomas (7-7)
#3FG percentage (60.0):Bresha Orange, St. Thomas (12-20); Lauren Fulenwider, Southwestern (3-5)
*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 | ||||||
| Tue. 26 |
|
58 |
|
57 | Final | |
|
47 |
|
73 | Final | ||
|
84 |
|
51 | Final | ||
| Fri. 29 |
|
72 |
|
42 | Final | |
|
66 |
|
72 | Final | ||
| Sat. 30 |
|
33 |
|
87 | Final | |
|
83 |
|
72 | Final | ||
|
69 |
|
43 | Final | ||
|
|
39 |
|
64 | Final |
|
|
|
|
67 |
|
38 | Final | ||
|
59 |
|
66 | Final |
|
|
|
|
59 |
|
64 | Final | ||
| December | ||||||
| Sun. 1 |
|
68 |
|
56 | Final | |
|
|
75 |
|
100 | Final | ||
|
|
67 |
|
56 | Final |
|
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