Box Score San Antonio - Trinity women's
basketball senior Krista Prato Matthews led the team to an 83-62
victory over Austin College on Saturday night, tying a
long-standing career record in the process.
Prato
Matthews scored 33 points and pulled down 15 rebounds on Saturday
night, tying the school record for career rebounds. She tied
Trinity Hall of Famer Terri Hailey (1977-81) for the all-time
record. Prato Matthews is already the SCAC's leading
rebounder, having broken that career record earlier in the
year.
Trinity
(18-7, 11-4) led 43-26 at halftime, and Prato Matthews already had
14 points and 10 rebounds in the game. The Tigers shot nearly
56% from the field in the opening period, holding Austin College to
just 34.5% shooting overall. Austin College did hit 6-14
(42.9%) from three-point range, but Trinity outscored the visitors
10-0 at the foul line.
In the
second half, Trinity cooled off a bit, dipping below 50% shooting
in the period, but the defense still gave up less than 32% shooting
to finish off the game.
The game
stayed close in the early part of the first half, but Trinity used
a 14-0 run to push the lead to 16 points with six minutes remaining
until halftime. Austin College held a brief 15-14 lead six
minutes into the game, but the Tigers converted a three-point play
on their next possession and never trailed again.
In addition
to the record-tying night from Prato Matthews, Ali Marzella had a
stellar showing for the Tigers. She finished with 20 points
on 7-9 shooting and recorded seven steals. Marzella scored 40
points and grabbed 13 steals total over the weekend. She also
became the second player this season with 100 or more assists,
marking the only time in school history that two players have
reached the century mark in one year.
Danielle
Hubenak, who leads the team with 119 assists this season, scored 10
points, while Abby Dietert chipped in with nine points on 4-8
shooting. Lindsay Hovland came off the bench to score five
points and led the team with four blocked shots.
Maegan
Fitzgerald led Austin College with 21 points, while Katy Williams
had eight points and a team-best 10 rebounds.
Trinity
concludes the regular season as the SCAC West Division champions,
earning the West's top seed at next weekend's conference
tournament.