SAN ANTONIO – The Trinity women's basketball team won its 16th straight game with an 84-48 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over Centenary (LA) College on Saturday evening.

The Tigers improved to 17-2 overall and remained unbeaten at 10-0 in conference play, securing a regular season sweep of the Ladies.

Hailey Coleman (Kansas City, Mo. / St. Teresa's Academy) paced five Trinity players to reach double figures, finishing with 17 points to go with eight rebounds and three assists. Kelly Simmons (Washington, D.C. / Antonian) came off the bench to pair 12 points with a team-leading nine rebounds.

Trinity will continue its busiest stretch of the season with a game against Austin College on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers will also host Schreiner University and Texas Lutheran University on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by matchups next weekend against Texas Lutheran and Southwestern University.

The Rundown

Both teams held leads in the opening moments of the first quarter, though it remained a one-possession game until the final minutes. Centenary's last lead of the period came with 7:29 left and the Tigers only allowed four points the rest of the way. Trinity scored 11 points during that stretch, including the final three buckets to make it a 17-10 lead for the home team.

The second quarter began with both teams trading buckets and Ashlyn Milton (Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo) hit a three-pointer to give Trinity an eight-point advantage in the first minute of action. The Ladies responded with six straight to bring it back to a one-possession game

After another Milton three-pointer made it a five-point advantage, Centenary scored seven of the next eight to take a brief 27-26 lead with just over three minutes left in the half. Milton's third three-pointer of the quarter broke a 29-29 tie just over a minute later, and Ava Limonciello (Waltham, Mass. / St. Mark's) streaked ahead for a fastbreak layup with 35 seconds left to put Trinity up five. Centenary finished the first-half scoring with a three-pointer of its own to make it a 34-32 Tiger lead at the break.

Trinity put the game out of reach early in the second half with 17 unanswered points to start the third quarter. The Tigers outscored the Ladies 32-9 in the third, with five of those points for the visitors coming in the final 1:08. Coleman had 10 points and seven rebounds in the third quarter alone, while Maggie Shipley (Arlington, Va. / Yorktown) added 11 in the period herself. Trinity led 66-41 after three periods.

The Tigers carried their strong performance from the third quarter into the fourth, scoring 12 of the first 13 points and didn't allow a basket until the midway point of the period. The initial run by Trinity made it a 78-42 game and the 36-point lead turned out to be the largest of the game. All told, Trinity outscored Centenary 50-16 after halftime to earn the victory.

Numbers to Note

Trinity held Centenary to just 28% (19-of-69) shooting in the game and held a 42-18 advantage on points in the paint.

Milton hit 4-of-6 from three-point range on her way to a 14-point performance, adding four rebounds and four assists to her stat line.

Maggie Robbins (Plano, Texas / Plano) led the Tigers with six assists and five steals, as well as pulling down six boards.

Shipley and Mollee Priddy (Port Neches, Texas / Port Neches-Groves) rounded out the double-figure scorers with 11 points each. Priddy hit 3-for-6 from long-range and 4-for-9 overall in 10 minutes off the bench, while Shipley added four rebounds and a pair of assists.

Coach Speak

"There has been some chilly weather lately," Head Coach Cameron Hill began. "It tends to make people in Texas crazy. Tonight we were a little cold in the first half so, at halftime, Joe and I offered the team our second set of gloves, to which they responded, 'you've had this second set of gloves this whole time...' Needless to say, they channeled their inner Harry and we handled the second half like Lloyd during his dream date!"

Up Next

Trinity will be right back to action Sunday afternoon, hosting Austin College at 3:00 p.m.