San Antonio, TEXAS – The Trinity women's basketball team (10-8, 6-1 SAA) will face off against the University of the South of Sewanee (8-10, 1-6 SAA) and Centre College (16-2, 6-1 SAA) this weekend, in a rematch of last weekend's slate. Assuming another win against Sewanee after last time's lopsided result, Sunday's matchup with Centre looks to be another battle for possession of the conference's top spot.
Last Time Out
In the Tigers' last outing, a 76-84 OT loss to Centre, they built up a 20-point lead in the third quarter off an efficient shooting night before struggling to make much of anything happen in the fourth, ultimately falling in OT. In the fourth quarter and OT period, Trinity shot just 15% from the field, while Centre made 50% of their shots during that same stretch.
Kylie Minter led the way for the Tigers with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
Livy Sauvageau and
Natalie Greenwood both chipped in 13 points. Sauvageau added 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to her record, while Greenwood tallied 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
Preview - Seeking Redemption
On the Sewanee Tigers: Sewanee has lost its last four by 20 or more points, a streak in which they have never made more than 38% of their shots. They've also struggled shooting the trey, making less than 25% of their shots from deep in three of those losses. Their biggest downfall, however, has been their turnover troubles. They've turned the ball over 30 or more times in three of their last four, and are averaging 23.5 turnovers per game on the year. Sewanee will have to turn it around in a big way if they want to avenge their 65-94 walloping at the hands of Trinity.
Sewanee had only two double-digit scorers against the Tigers, led by Eliza Everett with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 75% (6-8) shooting. Hannah Cleveland contributed 10 points and 6 rebounds on 40% (4-10) shooting. Their top scorer on the season, Olivia Falvey, scored just 4 points, missing all 8 of her field goal attempts.
On the Centre Colonels: The Colonels have been an entirely different story, having dropped just two games on the year so far. On average, they're a solid shooting team, making 43% of their shots, and a great defensive team, forcing just under 20 turnovers a game and allowing their opponents to shoot just 38% from the field. Both of those attributes showed up late in their matchup with Trinity, when they began forcing a myriad of turnovers and limiting the Tigers to dismally low shooting figures. As a whole, it was the Colonels' slight advantage in field goal percentage, 41% to 37%, that made the difference on the scoreboard. With two evenly matched squads, look for that to be the difference maker once again.
The Colonels had four in double-digits, led by Lilly Reid's 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 50% (9-18) shooting. Off the bench, Claire Russell tallied 15 points, 11 rebounds and 2 steals on 75% (6-8) shooting. Tessa Miles and KaNiah Edelen both contributed 11 points.
Looking Ahead
Trinity will head back home to face Rhodes College (6-11, 2-4 SAA) and Millsaps College (12-5, 3-3) on Feb. 6 and 8. The Tigers beat both teams by double-digits in their last time matching up, and will look to claim two more decisive wins in the upcoming slate.
