SEGUIN, Texas – The Trinity women's basketball team upped its winning streak to 15 consecutive games with a 69-56 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over Texas Lutheran University on Saturday night at Memorial Gymnasium.

The Tigers are 16-2 this season and are now the lone remaining unbeaten team at 9-0 in conference play as Texas Lutheran falls to 10-6 overall and 7-1 in SCAC. Trinity's 15-game winning streak is its best since winning 17 straight contests during the 2012-13 season. The 17-game win streak is the longest in the tenure of Head Coach Cameron Hill.

Ashlyn Milton (Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo) led Trinity with 21 points overall and hit 5-of-11 three-point attempts. The five three-point field goals tied her career-high and marks the third time this season she has reached the milestone. Milton also tied Hailey Coleman (Kansas City, Mo. / St. Teresa's Academy) for the team lead with six rebounds, while Coleman also added 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting and dished out a career-high six assists.

After a pair of road games this week, Trinity will return home for a five-game home stand over an eight-day stretch. The stretch begins with a game against Austin College on Friday, February 4, and ends with a Senior Day celebration against Southwestern University on Saturday, February 12.

The Rundown

The Tigers opened the game with an 11-3 run over the first 2:28 of the first quarter, including a pair of three-pointers from Milton. Texas Lutheran cut into the lead with five straight points, but the lead was still eight points with just over two minutes left in the period. The Bulldogs then scored the final seven points of the period to draw within one, but Trinity held on for a 16-15 lead after one.

Texas Lutheran took its first lead of the game after scoring the opening bucket of the second quarter, but Trinity broke up the 9-0 run that extended back to the opening period with a layup from Maggie Robbins (Plano, Texas / Plano) with just under eight minutes left in the half. The Tigers never trailed again the rest of the game and the second quarter proved to be the turning point in the game.

It was still a one-possession game at 26-23 with 3:41 remaining when Trinity pulled away with a 12-2 spurt to finish the half. Kelly Simmons (Washington, D.C. / Antonian) scored a pair of layups in the final 1:02 of the second quarter, then Coleman beat the buzzer with a layup of her own to make it a 38-25 halftime advantage for the visitors.

Trinity's run to finish the second extended into the third as the Tigers scored eight straight points to push the lead to 21 points at 46-25. Coleman scored five of the eight points, capped by a layup and free throw with 8:40 left. Texas Lutheran scored 11 of the next 13 to drop the deficit down to 12 points, then continued to chip away down the stretch. Trinity was held to just six more points in the period after the initial stretch, and the Bulldogs cut the lead to just 52-46 by scoring eight of the final nine points of the third quarter.

The fourth quarter began with Robbins connecting on a layup to extend the lead to eight, but Texas Lutheran rallied again with six straight points to cut it to a two-point game with just over seven minutes left in the game. Simmons hit a clutch three-pointer to break up the run and push the lead back to five, sparking a 14-1 Trinity run that put the game away. The Tiger defense held the Bulldogs without a field goal for more than seven minutes during the final quarter – a streak that wasn't broken up until just 40 seconds were left in a 15-point game.

Numbers to Note

Robbins was the third of four Tigers to score in double figures during the game, hitting 4-of-6 from the field and a pair of three-point buckets on her way to 13 points. Robbins also added four rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the win. She and Coleman tied for the team lead in steals

Simmons was 4-for-7 shooting, adding four rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.

Trinity shot just under 47% in the game, holding Texas Lutheran to just 36.7% shooting and forcing 21 turnovers.

Coach Speak

"Every time we play in Seguin, I feel like Kevin Bacon is somewhere nearby addressing the town council," said Coach Hill after the win. "It's just a hard place to be from 'out of town' and if you want to dance, you have to find an abandoned warehouse and roll the dice. Tonight, we went ahead and rolled the dice and we danced, because there is a time for every purpose under heaven – including winning at TLU."

Up Next

Trinity will host Austin College on Friday, February 4, in the first of five straight home games to start the month of February. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday night.