SAN ANTONIO – The No. 4/4 Trinity women's basketball team finished off the regular season with a convincing 125-64 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over Southwestern University on Saturday night.

The Tigers (24-1, 15-1 SCAC) finish off their most successful regular season in school history, clinching the outright SCAC Regular Season Championship in the process. Trinity scored 30 or more points in three of the four quarters tonight, including a 38-point second quarter that tied the school record. The only quarter that wasn't a 30-point burst was the first when the Tigers took a 22-8 lead to start the game.

Trinity celebrate its six seniors prior to the game and the seniors delivered a night to remember. Ashlyn Milton (Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo), Maggie Shipley (Arlington, Va. / Yorktown), Addie Putnam (Scottsdale, Ariz. / Xavier College Prep), Claire Hale (San Antonio, Texas / Brandeis), Emily Nelson (Sugar Land, Texas / Saint Agnes Academy), and Danielle Davalos (Austin, Texas / Westwood) were honored in a pre-game ceremony.

Milton led all scorers with 22 points in 22 minutes, adding four steals and four assists. Shipley hit 6-of-10 from the field on her way to 17 points in 20 minutes, dishing out five assists. Nelson tied Shipley for the team lead with five assists and also chipped in with five rebounds and eight points. Hale also had eight points to go with three boards and a pair of steals. Putnam put up a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

Maddie Mueller (Houston, Texas / Concordia Lutheran) finished with 17 points in just 14 minutes off the bench, hitting 4-for-8 from three-point range. Maggie Robbins (Plano, Texas / Plano) led the team with five steals in just 10 minutes, while Bailey Timmons (Argyle, Texas / Argyle) scored nine points in just 11 minutes.

Josie Napoli (Beaverton, Ore. / Valley Catholic) and Skye O'Rourke (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) chipped in with eight points each, and Natalie Anderson (San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty) finished with six rebounds in nine minutes.

Trinity and Southwestern exchanged baskets at the start of the game and a 2-2 score was the last time it was tied as the Tigers used a 15-2 run to take a 17-4 lead with 3:28 left in the first quarter. The end of the first and beginning of the second saw Trinity basically put the game away with a 21-0 run to take a 38-8 lead. Southwestern never got closer than 26 points the rest of the way and Trinity led by as many as 64 points late in the fourth quarter.

Coach Speak
"There was nothing regular about this season," began Head Coach Cameron Hill. "I am so proud. But tonight I want to shout out this department and the amazing athletes, support staff, administrators, and coaches that make us who we are. Winning is no accident. We all help each other dig a little deeper, work a little harder, so we can add our signature to the album cover of this incredible symphony. I am very happy that we have been able to properly represent all of the other successful teams and people that make up this championship department! We see you! ONWARD."

Up Next
Trinity will host the SCAC Tournament beginning next weekend and the Tigers will have a bye as the top seed. Trinity will play its first game on Saturday at Noon, taking on either Texas Lutheran University or the University of Dallas. The SCAC Championship game will also be at Noon, on Sunday, February 26.