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WEEK 14
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Feb. 18th through Sunday, Feb. 24th)
KATY WILLIAMS OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a
5-10 sophomore forward
from Sulphur Springs, Texas, and CASSIE PRUZIN OF DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY, a 5-7 junior guard from Crown Point, Ind., have been
selected the SCAC Women's Basketball Co-Players-of-the-Week for games
played from Monday, February 18 through Sunday, February 24.
Williams
had a historic weekend
for Austin College, as the sophomore forward pulled down her 500th
career rebound in a 58-45 win over Southwestern on Sunday. She had a
career-high 23 rebounds in the game - the most rebounds in a game for a
SCAC player since Valencia Compton of Southwestern had 24 against Austin
College on Nov. 25, 1995.
Williams is the second-fastest player in SCAC history to reach
500 career rebounds - needing just 50 games to accomplish the feat.
Rebakah Forsyth of Rose-Hulman needed 48 games to get to 500 -
reaching the milestone as a sophomore in 2005.
Williams added 23 points and 12 rebounds in Friday's loss to
Trinity. She posted her SCAC-high 13th and 14th double-doubles of the
season over the weekend.
For the week, Williams averaged 18.5 points and 17.5 rebounds,
and added five assists and five steals. She shot 46.7 percent (14-30)
from the field and 81.8 percent (9-11) from the free throw line in the
two games.
Pruzin
scored 10 of eighth-ranked DePauw's final 16 points in Sunday's
76-73 win over 25th-ranked Oglethorpe - including back-to-back
three-pointers which lifted the Tigers' lead from 1 to 7.
Pruzin averaged 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.0
steals per game as DePauw completed the SCAC regular season with a
perfect 14-0 conference mark with victories over Sewanee (76-61) and
Oglethorpe.
She shot 58.3 percent (14-24) from the field, including 61.5 percent
(8-13) from three-point range.
For the season, Pruzin is averaging 13.8 points (11th in the
SCAC), 6.6 rebounds (12th in the SCAC), 4.4 assists (third in the SCAC)
and 2.5 steals (fourth in the SCAC) per game. She is shooting 82.4
percent from the foul line (seventh in the SCAC) and 39.7 percent
(second in the SCAC) from three-point range.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Junior guard Melanie Auguste of Colorado College
was dominant in both games this weekend, as she was top scorer and tops
in assists and steals in each. Against Southwestern on Friday, she had
game-highs with 18 points, seven assists and five steals, and a
team-high nine rebounds, and topped that against Trinity on Saturday
with game-highs in points (26), rebounds (13), assists (9), and steals
(5). For the weekend, Auguste finished with 44 points, 22 boards, 16
assists, and 10 steals. She is the team-leader in all of those
categories, and leads the conference in assists.
Junior post Krista Prato Matthews of
Trinity averaged 20 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 4.0 blocks per game
over the weekend, leading Trinity to a pair of road wins in SCAC play.
She hit 10 of 25 from the field and 10-13 from the free throw line in
the two games. She posted double-doubles in both games to give her a
total of 11 for the year. For the season, Prato Matthews leads the team
in numerous categories including scoring, rebounding, field goal
percentage, and blocked shots. She is averaging 15.3 points and 9.4
rebounds per game this year, and is shooting 52.6% (152-289) from the
field. She has tallied 65 blocks in 24 games played, and is now just
three blocks away from breaking Trinity’s career record. Senior guard
Ashley Farrell of Rhodes,
in
the last game of her marvelous career, went out on a high note leading
the Lynx to a 74-64 win at Birmingham Southern. Farrell recorded a
double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds and also dished out six
assists. Farrell is just the second player in SCAC history to score at
least 1,600 points and grab over 500 rebounds for a career. She finishes
her career as Rhodes' fourth all-time leader in scoring (1,622 pts) and
the school's career leader in free throw percentage. Farrell also holds
the school single-season record for three-point field goal percentage
(.618) in 2005-06, which is also the SCAC single-season mark.
Junior forward Crystal Dickerson of Millsaps
pumped in a career-high
23 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to post her third
double-double of the year and help Millsaps to a season-ending win at
home, 73-59, over Hendrix College. Dickerson was a perfect 6-of-6 from
the charity stripe and knocked down 8-of-14 shots from the floor in
addition to three assists, a block and a steal. It was the Majors
seventh win of the year overall (four better than last year) and fourth
in SCAC play (three better than last year). She will be one of four
returning seniors next season.
Senior guard Monica Vonderbrink of Centre
averaged 12.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in her
final two regular season games of her career. In the Colonels' 87-66
loss to Oglethorpe, Vonderbrink scored 12 points and grabbed three
rebounds. Two days later, she was the lone Centre player to finish in
double figures with 13 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal
in a 56-42 defeat to Sewanee. Vonderbrink ended the regular season
averaging 9.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Hendrix, Oglethorpe,
Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 13
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Feb. 11th through Sunday, Feb. 17th)
KRISTA
PRATO MATTHEWS OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a
6-1, junior post
from Davis, Calif., has been selected the SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday,
February 11 through Sunday, February 17.
Prato Matthews
led Trinity to
a pair of home wins in conference play last weekend, sweeping the season
series from both Hendrix and Millsaps.
Prato Matthews averaged 20.0 points and 8.5 rebounds over the two
games, also collecting 10 blocked shots and three steals. She hit 17 of
23 (73.9%) from the field and 6 of 7 (85.7%) from the foul line for the
weekend.
Against Hendrix on Friday night, Prato Matthews narrowly missed a
triple-double with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and eight blocked shots in
the game. On Sunday, she posted her sixth 20-point game of the year with
22 points against Millsaps, despite playing just 18 minutes of the game.
For the season, Prato Matthews leads the team in both scoring and
rebounding with 14.9 points (eighth in the SCAC) and 9.3 rebounds (third
in the SCAC) per game. She is shooting 51.9% (seventh in the SCAC)) for
the year, and has blocked 57 total shots (tied for first in the SCAC),
leading the team in both of those categories as well.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Katy Williams of
Austin College pulled down 15 rebounds and added 10 points, giving
her a double-double for the fifth straight game as the 'Roos topped
Colorado College in a must-win game to keep their postseason hopes
alive. Williams led the 'Roos as the team grabbed an astounding 62
rebounds. She also added four assists and two steals in the 69-48
victory. Senior center Beth Thomas of Southwestern
led the Pirates to two
very important SCAC games this past weekend. Against Millsaps, she led
the team with 16 points. The next night, she poured in 16 more points in
a win over Hendrix while also pulling down 10 rebounds. She was the only
SU player to reach double-digits in scoring against Hendrix. For the
weekend, Thomas averaged 16 points and seven rebounds, and also had
three steals while shooting 11 of 18 (61 percent from the floor.
Junior guard Hannah Brooks of Oglethorpe
led the Petrels to two big road wins. In Friday's 80-72 win over BSC she
quietly filled up the stat sheet in her usual workman fashion. On Sunday
she recorded a career high 26 points. Brooks hit the first shot of the
game and went on to connect on 5 of 5 from the floor in the first half.
She finished the day going 8 of 9 from the field, including 3 of 4 from
the three-point line and a perfect 7 of 7 from the free-throw line.
Along with scoring a game-high 26 points, Brooks added nine rebounds,
two assists and two steals. For the weekend, she was 10 of 13 from the
floor, 4 of 6 from the three-point line and 8 of 10 from the free-throw
line. She averaged 16.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals
per game.
Junior guard Cassie
Pruzin of DePauw had 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the
eighth-ranked Tigers defeated Centre 85-51 in the team's only game of
the week. Pruzin hit on 5 of 13 shots from the field, including 2 of 5
from three-point range. She also had one steal.
Junior guard Samantha Clark of Hendrix posted her fourth
double-double of the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds against
Trinity. She also dished out a team-high three assists and grabbed two
steals. Clark scored seven points and pulled down six rebounds against
Southwestern Saturday night.
Junior forward LaReina Adams
of Millsaps had a solid
weekend for the Majors
despite a pair of road losses at SU and Trinity, averaging 13.0 points
and 9.5 rebounds, in addition to recording her 17th career double-double
against the Tigers on Sunday. She fell one rebound shy of a
double-double on Friday night with 14 points and nine rebounds before a
12-point, 10-rebound performance on Sunday afternoon.
Centre,
Colorado College, Rhodes
and
Sewanee did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 12
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Feb. 4th through Sunday, Feb. 10th)
ANNA
FINDLEY OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a 5-6,
junior guard
from Hiram, Ga., has been selected the SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday,
February 4 through Sunday, February 10.
Findley posted her first double-double of the season in a 77-61
win over Sewanee. She led three Petrels in double figures with a
game-high 23 points on 8 of 17 shooting and tied a SCAC single-game
record with 11 steals.
Jenna Smith of Trinity also had 11 steals in a single game - against
Centre on Jan. 11, 2004.
Findley also recorded three assists and two rebounds in 27
minutes of action as Oglethorpe improved to 9-2 in the SCAC East and
18-3 overall.
For the season, Findley is averaging 15.7 points (sixth in the
SCAC) and leads the league in steals at 4.14 thefts per contest. She is
third in the SCAC in three-point field goals made per game (2.48) and
second in free-throw percentage (87.7%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward
Jenna Fernandez of DePauw
averaged 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as the 12th-ranked Tigers
earned two SCAC wins over the weekend. Fernandez, who led DePauw in
scoring in both games, had 18 points and three rebounds against Rhodes
and 20 points and nine rebounds against Birmingham-Southern. She shot
64.3 percent (18 of 28) from the field. Junior guard Anna Findley of
Oglethorpe
Junior
guard Rachel Snyder of Trinity helped the Tigers to a pair of
wins over the weekend, defeating both Southwestern and Dallas on Friday
and Saturday. Snyder averaged 15.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game over
the weekend, also averaging 4.5 assists and 3.5 steals in the two
games. She hit 10 of 18 (55.6%) from the field and 8 of 8 from the foul
line. In Friday’s win at Southwestern, Snyder finished with eight
points, three assists, and two steals in just her second start of the
year. On Saturday, she exploded with a career-high 22 points on 8 of 12
shooting, broke her career-high in steals with five, and tied her
career-best mark with six assists in the game. For the season, Snyder is
averaging 6.4 points per game and is shooting 37% (47-127) from the
field. She has made 22 of 27 (81.5%) from the free throw line, and is
averaging 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season.
First-year forward
Christian Byler of Hendrix
led the
team with 25 points against Austin and 23 points against Colorado this
weekend. Byler was 10-of-11 from the free-throw line on Friday and
7-of-8 from the penalty stripe on Sunday. Byler, who was a combined
5-of-9 from behind the arc this weekend, has now scored at least 20
points in 12 affairs this year. Sophomore forward Katy
Williams of Austin College posted
two double-doubles during the ‘Roos weekend road trip to Hendrix and
Millsaps, going off for 34 points and grabbing 13 rebounds against the
Warriors and following that up with a 21-point, 14-rebound, five-assist
performance against the Majors. For the week, Williams shot 53.3 percent
from the field (24-of-45) on her way to averaging 27.5 points, 13.5
rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2 steals per game.
Sophomore guard Chelsea Goodman of Centre
had a monster weekend averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals
in helping Centre split a pair of SCAC home games. In the Colonels 61-51
loss to Birmingham Southern Friday night, Goodman scored a team-high 17
points with six rebounds, three assists and three steals in 32 minutes
of action. Two days later, Goodman notched her fourth double-double of
her career with a career-high 30 points and 11 rebounds. She also had
four steals and two blocks in Centre's 67-64 double-overtime win over
Rhodes. Goodman is now averaging 13.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game
overall and 15.9 points and 5.7 rebounds in league action to lead Centre
in both categories. Junior guard Melanie Auguste of Colorado College
had
game-highs in points, rebounds, and assists in Friday's win over
Millsaps, as she tallied 16 points, 11 boards, and six assists. It was
Auguste's sixth double-double this year, to go with one
triple-double. She followed that performance with 11 points, four
rebounds, six more assists, and three steals against Hendrix in a loss
on Sunday. Auguste totaled 27 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, and three
steals in the two games.
Junior guard Anne Wills of Sewanee helped the Tigers go 1-1 on the
week, including a big win over regional rival Maryville (Tenn.). Wills,
who is averaging 10.5 points per game this season, totaled 13.5 points
per game this week and led the Tigers against Maryville with 16.
Junior forward
Crystal Dickerson of Millsaps had a very balanced weekend for the
Majors on the stat sheet, averaging 9.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.5
assists and 4.0 steals to lead Millsaps to a weekend split in the Hangar
Dome. Dickerson dished out 11 assists on the weekend against just four
turnovers, picking up a career-high seven against Austin College in a
76-73 win on Sunday to keep Millsaps in the hunt for a SCAC tournament
berth. She also shot a combined 41 percent from the floor (7-of-17) in
70 total minutes.
Rhodes
and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 11
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Jan. 28th through Sunday, Feb. 3rd)
ASHLEY FARRELL OF RHODES COLLEGE, a 5-8,
senior guard
from Collierville, Tenn., and CASSIE PRUZIN OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY,
a 5-7, junior guard from Crown Point, Ind., have been selected the SCAC
Women's Basketball Co-Players-of-the-Week for games played from Monday,
January 28 through Sunday, February 3.
Farrell
had a big weekend as Rhodes picked up its first conference weekend sweep
of the 2007-08 season with road wins over Millsaps and Hendrix. The
senior averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game and
shot 53.5 percent from the field (16-30).
It was the Lynx' first SCAC weekend sweep since the final regular season
weekend of the 2005-06 season and the first road sweep since Feb. 4 and
6 of 2005.
In Friday's 62-48 victory at Millsaps, Farrell had 13 points to
become just the seventh player in SCAC history to reach 1,500 career
points scored. And in Sunday's 62-58 win at Hendrix, she poured in a
game-high 25 points on 11 of 18 shooting and grabbed a team-high eight
rebounds while dishing out five assists. Farrell is just 22
rebounds short of 500 for her career and would become just the fourth
player in league history to achieve 1,500 points and 500 rebounds.
For the season, Farrell is averaging 17.6 points (fourth in the
SCAC) and 5.5 rebounds per game. She is
third in the league in steals per game (2.59), 15th in the league in
assists per game (2.47), and is ninth in free-throw percentage at 81.8
percent.
Pruzin
scored a career-high 27 points and dished out six assists in
the Tigers' 68-51 win at Trinity with all 27 coming in the second half to set a
DePauw single-half individual scoring mark. She scored 12 straight DePauw and game points in second half and had 17 of
the Tigers' 27 of a 27-4 run over the opening 11 minutes of the second
half. She hit 8 of 11 field goals and 4 of 5 from 3-pointers in second
half against Trinity.
In Friday's 55-45 victory at Southwestern, Pruzin had 17 points
and tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds.
For the weekend, Pruzin averaged 22.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.5
assists and 3.0 steals per game. She hit on 52.2 percent of her shot
from the field (12-23), including 54.5 percent (6-11) from long range.
She also sank 14 of 16 (87.5%) of her free-throw attempts.
For the season, Pruzin is averaging 13.6 points (tied for 12th in
the SCAC) and a team-high 6.4 rebounds per game (14th in the SCAC). She
is fifth in the SCAC in both assists per game (3.95) and steals per game
(2.50). Pruzin is also sixth in both free-throw percentage
(83.8%) and three-point field goal percentage (38.0%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Senior forward Paige
Whitney of Colorado College
had
game-highs in points in both games this weekend, scoring 16 in a 65-44
loss to Sewanee on Friday and 25 in an 85-80 overtime win against Oglethorpe on Sunday. Whitney recorded her third double-double
of the year with a game-high 12 rebounds against Sewanee, and helped CC
to a 56-38 rebounding advantage against Oglethorpe with seven on Sunday.
In the two games, Whitney had 41 points on 15 of 29 shooting, grabbed 19
rebounds, and added three blocks and three steals.
Sophomore forward Chelsey White of
Hendrix led the Warriors with a career-high 28-point performance
against Birmingham-Southern College on Friday. White was 12-of-18 was
from the field including 2-of-2 from behind the arc and the free throw
line. She also pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds in Hendrix’s loss
to Rhodes on Sunday. White grabbed five offensive boards and nine
defensive rebounds. Sophomore forward Katy Williams of Austin
College posted consecutive
double-doubles as the ‘Roos split with Oglethorpe and Sewanee over the
weekend, averaging 17 points and 13 boards while shooting 58.3% from the
field. She also had four assists and three steals over the two game
stretch. In the team’s loss to Oglethorpe, Williams pulled down 16
rebounds, and followed that up with a 22-point effort in a 70-67 win
over Sewanee on Sunday. Senior forward Meghan
Scholbe of Trinity led the
team in scoring, rebounding, and steals over the weekend, as Trinity
split a pair of SCAC home games. Scholbe averaged 14.5 points, 9.5
rebounds, and 3.0 steals against both Centre and DePauw. She finished
with a double-double against Centre on Friday, and missed a second
double-double by just one rebound against DePauw on Saturday. For the
season, Scholbe leads the team with 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per
game. She is also the team leader in field goal percentage (53.9%),
hitting 103 of 191 from the field, and has posted 50 steals
as well.
First-year forward Ronda Webb of Millsaps'
hustle and determination on the court helped her average 13.0 points,
5.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists in a 1-2 week for the Majors. The freshman
from
Memphis has been a workhorse all year and has several good games to show
for it. In a 31-point win over
Rust College on
Wednesday, Webb went 8-for-10 from the floor to score 16 points and also
picked up a season-high five assists. She finished the weekend with a
pair of double figure games in the scoring column (12, 11) as Millsaps
dropped a pair to Rhodes and BSC at home.
Centre,
Oglethorpe,
Sewanee
and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 10
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Jan. 21st through Sunday, Jan. 27th)
JENNA FERNANDEZ OF
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a 5-11,
sophomore forward
from Chesterfield, Mo., has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, January 21 through
Sunday, January 27.
Fernandez averaged 24.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as the
15th-ranked Tigers defeated both Hendrix and Millsaps in SCAC play over
the weekend. She shot 67.7 percent (21-31) from the field in the two
contests.
Fernandez had 21 points on 10 of 15 shooting with two assists in
the 78-70 victory over Hendrix and followed that performance with 28
points - nailing 11 of 16 field goal attempts - and 12 rebounds in
Sunday's 78-60 win over Millsaps. It was her first double-double of the
season.
For the season, Fernandez is averaging 14.4 points (10th in the
SCAC) and 6.2 rebounds per game (tied for 15th in the SCAC). She is
fourth in the league in field goal percentage (56.9%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Junior
guard Katie Kulavic of Oglethorpe
led the Petrels to a sweep of Trinity and
Southwestern this weekend. In Friday's 84-73 win over Trinity, Kulavic
filled up the stat sheet with 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and
four steals. In Saturday's victory over Southwestern, she scored 19
points, with five rebounds and two assists in just 21 minutes of action.
For the weekend, Kulavic averaged 19.5 points per game on 12 of 23
shooting from the floor and 15 of 16 shooting from the free-throw line.
She also added 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
Senior guard Ashley
Farrell of Rhodes had a big weekend as the Lynx got their
first conference win of the 2007-08 season. For the weekend Farrell
averaged 25.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per
contest. In the Lynx' 69-64 win over Austin, Farrell had 19 points and
dished out seven assists and had only only turnover. In the team's 77-72
loss to Colorado College, Farrell scored 32 points, pulled down seven
rebounds and had three assists. Junior guard Melanie Auguste
of Colorado College
scored a career-high 33 points on Sunday as
the Tigers won a road game against Rhodes College. Auguste hit on 9 of
17 attempts from the field, making a career-high five three-pointers on
just six attempts, in the 77-72 victory. She also pulled down seven
rebounds and had a game-high eight assists. For the weekend, Auguste
scored 40 points, went 6-of-7 on threes, had 14 rebounds and 14 assists,
and added four steals. She got her 500th career rebound in Friday's
game, and is 12th in school history with 513.
Sophomore forward Katy Williams of
Austin College
put up big
numbers over the weekend for the 'Roos, shooting a sizzling 68.0 percent
from the field (17-of-25) and making 13-of-15 free throws (86.7%) while
averaging 23.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. Williams posted a
double-double with 23 points and 17 rebounds in a loss to Rhodes, and
followed that up with 24 points against Birmingham-Southern. Junior forward LaReina
Adams of Millsaps, in
helping the Majors snap a 13-game SCAC road losing streak in a weekend
split, averaged 10.5 points and 10.0 rebounds, including posting her
third double-double of the year in Friday night’s win with 13 points and
12 rebounds. The junior fell just two points and two rebounds shy of
another double-double on Sunday in a loss to #15 DePauw.
Senior forward Meghan Scholbe of Trinity and the Tigers split two
road games in the SCAC this weekend, defeating Sewanee on Saturday after
losing on Friday to Oglethorpe. Scholbe averaged 17.0 points, 6.5
rebounds, and 3.0 steals for the weekend, hitting 14 of 23 (60.9%) from
the field and 6 of 8 (75%) from the free throw line. Against Oglethorpe,
she led the team with her sixth double-double of the season, scoring 17
points to go with 10 rebounds. Scholbe also had four assists and five
steals in the game. For the season, Scholbe leads the team with 15.8
points per game and is second with 9.1 rebounds per game this season.
She has connected on 54.9% (90-164) from the field and 82.7% (67-81)
from the foul line, leading the team in both categories.
Sophomore forward Jenny Jones of Centre
averaged 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per
game in helping Centre split a pair of SCAC games last weekend. In the
Colonels 61-56 loss to Millsaps, Jones tallied 12 points, six rebounds
and two assists off the bench in 31 minutes of action. Two days later,
Jones was inserted into the starting lineup and came through again
scoring 17 points with seven rebounds and two steals. For the weekend,
the sophomore forward made 11 of her 20 (55.0%) shot attempts, including
six of 13 (46.1%) from the three-point line. Jones is currently
averaging 8.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
Hendrix, Sewanee
and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 9
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Jan. 14th through Sunday, Jan. 20th)
KATIE
KULAVIC OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a 5-7, junior guard
from Norcorss, Ga., has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, January 14 through
Sunday, January 20.
Kulavic led the
Petrels to three wins this past week. In Tuesday's 82-60 non-conference win over Maryville,
she recorded 23 points on 10 of 13 shooting, and added four rebounds
and two assists.
And on the road in conference play, Kulavic scored a team-high
22 points on 6 of 11 shooting including a perfect 10 of 10 from the
charity stripe, and added five rebounds, two steals and assist to lead
the Petrels past Millsaps, 74-67. On Sunday, Kulavic filled up the stat sheet
with 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and a steal in a 93-82 win
over Hendrix.
For the week, Kulavic averaged 19.7 points, 5.0 rebounds
and 2.3 assists per game, and shot 58.8% from the floor (20-34) and an
impressive 90% from the free throw line (18-20).
For the season, Kulavic is averaging 15.3 points (eighth in the
SCAC) and 3.06 assists per game (seventh in the SCAC) and continues to
lead the league in field goal percentage at 60.9 percent. She is sixth
in the conference in free-throw percentage (84.6%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Katy Williams of Austin
College
had a monster weekend for the ’Roos as
they defeated Centre and nearly toppled DePauw, averaging 23.5 points,
11 rebounds, and four assists while shooting 61.9% (13-of-21) from the
field and 87.5% (21-of-24) from the free throw line. Williams came up
three assists shy of a triple-double against Centre, scoring 17 points,
grabbing 13 rebounds, and handing out seven assists in the 66-58 win,
and netted 30 points to go along with nine boards in a 69-64 loss to
DePauw.
Junior center Jessica Bowie of Millsaps
stepped up and played
her best weekend in a Majors' uniform - helping her team snap a 15-game
conference losing streak by averaging 18.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and 6.5
blocks, in a weekend split at home. In a narrow loss to Oglethorpe on
Friday, Bowie recorded the first known triple-double at Millsaps with 15
points, 10 rebounds and an unprecedented 11 blocks. She followed that up
with a game and career-high 22 points and 14 rebounds on Sunday to help
the Majors defeat Sewanee 60-55. It was Millsaps' first conference win
since a 58-55 win on Jan. 14, 2006 in Jackson over the Sewanee
program. For the weekend, Bowie shot 57 percent (13-of-23) from the
floor and 85 percent (11-of-13) from the charity stripe. Her 13 blocks
on the weekend move her into third in the league with 29. Sophomore forward Jenna Fernandez of DePauw averaged
nearly a double-double and posted a career-high 15 rebounds against
Colorado College as the Tigers posted a pair of SCAC road wins.
Fernandez averaged 15.5 points while shooting 56.0 percent (14-25) from
the field and 9.0 rebounds per game to move DePauw to 6-0 in conference
play; 13-3 overall. Junior post Krista Prato Matthews of
Trinity
averaged a double-double last weekend, leading the
Tigers to a weekend split against SCAC teams. Prato Matthews averaged
17.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game this weekend, hitting 16 of 34
(.471) from the field and 3 of 4 (.750) from the foul line. She also
recorded four blocks and four steals in the two games. Against Rhodes on
Friday, Prato Matthews posted her team-leading sixth double-double of
the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds to go with three blocks and
three steals. She added 14 points and nine boards on Sunday against
Birmingham-Southern. For the season, Prato Matthews leads the team in
scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots. She is averaging 15.9 points and
9.5 rebounds per game, as well as 2.9 blocks per game this season. Prato
Matthews is also shooting 49.2% (92-187) from the field, which is second
on the team.
Junior
guard Samantha Clark of Hendrix posted a
career-high 21 points and 13 rebounds in the Warriors win over Sewanee.
She also grabbed a game-high five steals and dished out three assists in
her first double-double of the season. Clark followed her career-best
performance with her second double-double of the season against
Oglethorpe. She scored 14 points and collected a game-best 11 boards
against the Stormy Petrels. Senior forward Paige Whitney of Colorado College
led the Tigers with a double-double in
Sunday's 73-56 win over Centre, tallying a game-high 10 rebounds and a
game-high tying 17 points. She also added three blocked shots and a
steal. Whitney scored 14 and had five boards and a block in Friday's
70-63 loss to DePauw University. She passed the 500 career rebound mark
in Sunday's game, and is in 13th place on the CC's career list.
Senior guard Monica
Vonderbrink of Centre
averaged 14.0 points and 4.5 rebounds
in two SCAC road games last week. In a 66-58 loss to Austin Friday,
Vonderbrink was the lone Colonel in double figures with 16 points. She
also added five rebounds and two assists. Two days later, the senior
guard scored 12 points and added four rebounds, an assist and a steal in
a 73-56 defeat to Colorado. She is currently second on the team in
points per game with 10.6.
Rhodes, Sewanee
and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 8
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Jan. 7th through Sunday, Jan. 13th)
MELANIE
AUGUSTE OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a 5-6, junior guard
from Cameron Park, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, January 7 through
Sunday, January 13.
Auguste
controlled the action in both SCAC victories this weekend and filled
up the stat sheet in the process. She tied a career-high with 12
assists in a 65-48 win over Millsaps on Friday, then broke it on
Saturday with 13 in a 70-59 victory over Hendrix.
Auguste almost had
a triple-double in each game, finishing with 10 points and a game-high
nine rebounds against Millsaps, and 11 points and eight boards against
Hendrix. For the week, she averaged 14.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 9.7
assists per game.
Auguste also set the school career record for assists on
Saturday, and now has 336 in 62 career games. She averages a league high
7.5 per game this year, and 5.4 per game in her career.
In addition, Auguste is averaging 14.1 points (10th in the SCAC),
7.9 rebounds (seventh in the SCAC) and 2.46 assists (seventh in the
SCAC) per game.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Senior forward Meghan
Scholbe of Trinity posted
her fifth double-double of the season to lead the Tigers to an 80-52 win
over Southwestern University on Saturday afternoon. By halftime, Scholbe
had already scored her double-double, and finished with 22 points and 13
rebounds to go with four steals. She hit 9 of 13 from the field and 4 of
4 from the foul line in 31 minutes of action. For the season, Scholbe is
averaging 15.3 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. She is second on the
team in scoring, but leads the team in rebounding and in steals (35
total), as well as hitting a team-high 58% (65-112) from the field and
81.4% (48-59) from the free throw line.
Junior forward Tina Grace of
Oglethorpe had another solid performance in the Petrels 86-63
win at Sewanee. In 23 minutes of action Grace posted her first
double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds. She was 6 of
10 from the floor and a perfect 2 of 2 from the free-throw line. Grace
also recorded three assists and four steals. Sophomore forward Katy Williams of Austin College
averaged a double-double as she helped
the ’Roos split their weekend SCAC games with big win over Millsaps and
a close loss to Hendrix. Williams averaged 15.0 points, 10.5 rebounds,
3.5 steals, and 2.0 assists over the two game span. Against Millsaps,
she pulled down 15 rebounds, and scored a team best 18 points against
Hendrix. Sophomore
forward Jenny Jones of Centre averaged 15.0 points per game in helping the
Colonels split a pair of SCAC road games. Playing only 36 minutes off
the bench in the two games, Jones scored 30 points, including a
career-high 25 points on nine of 10 shooting in a 67-56 win over Rhodes
Sunday. Her previous career-high was 15 points set last year against
Millsaps. Jones made 11 of her 14 shots on the weekend, including six of
her seven three points attempts and two of her three free throw
attempts. She is currently averaging 7.7 points off the bench for the
Colonels. Junior forward LaReina Adams
of Millsaps averaged
14.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in a pair of SCAC road
losses. The junior picked up a season-high four steals against Austin
College a night after leading the team in points with 14 against
Colorado College. She shot 52 percent on the weekend.
DePauw,
Hendrix,
Rhodes, Sewanee
and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 7
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Wednesday, Jan. 2nd through Sunday, Jan. 6th)
MEGHAN
SCHOLBE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a 5-9, senior forward
from Centennial, Colo., has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Wednesday, January 2 through
Sunday, January 6.
Scholbe led the Tigers to two road victories in SCAC play,
beating both Hendrix and Millsaps over the weekend.
Scholbe averaged 18.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in the two games,
hitting 13 of 21 (61.9%) from the field and 10 of 12 (83.3%) from the
free throw line. She also had five assists and six steals over the
weekend, and averaged 30.0 minutes per game.
Additionally, Scholbe became the 49th player in SCAC history to
record 500 or more rebounds in a career, finishing the weekend with a
total of 501. She is the 13th player in Trinity history to reach the
milestone.
For the season, Scholbe is second on the team with 14.6 points
per game (eighth in the SCAC), but leads the team with 9.6 rebounds per
game (third in the SCAC) and 31 steals (2.82 per game - fifth in the
SCAC). She is fifth in the league in field goal percentage at 56.6%
(56-99) and ninth in free-throw percentage at 80.0% (44-55) - both
team-high percentages.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Senior guard Kalei Lowes of DePauw
scored a season-high 15 points in the win over Oglethorpe and spearheaded the
Tigers' defensive efforts which limited the Stormy Petrels to a
season-low 63 points and Sewanee to its second-lowest total at 35. Lowes
averaged 11.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game and shot 46.7 percent
(7-15) from the field. Junior forward Tina Grace of Oglethorpe
had a solid weekend as the Petrels split at Centre and DePauw. In
Friday's 71-55 win at Centre she recorded 12 points on 5 of 7 shooting
and five rebounds in just 13 minutes of action. In Sunday's 75-63 loss
at DePauw, Grace scored a game-high 21 points on 9 of 15 shooting. She
also pulled down six rebounds and recorded three steals. For the
weekend, she averaged 16.5 points while shooting 14 of 22 (63.6%) from
the field, and also added 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
Sophomore guard Wyvonne Hawkins of Hendrix led the Warriors with
19 points against Trinity on Friday and 21 points against Southwestern
on Sunday. Hawkins was 8-of-11 from the field and 4-of-4 from the
penalty stripe against Southwestern. She ranks third in the SCAC with
2.92 steals per game and is tied for first in the conference with 35
steals. Sophomore guard
Chelsea Goodman of Centre
had a solid weekend averaging
17.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 assists in helping Centre
split a pair of conference games. In the Colonels' 71-55 loss to
Oglethorpe Friday, Goodman scored a team-high 14 points to go along with
four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Two days later, the sophomore
guard scored a game-high 21 on seven of nine shooting, including four of
six from the three-point line to lead Centre to a 66-61 win over
Sewanee. Goodman also had two rebounds, two assists and a steal in the
Colonels' first SCAC win of the season. Through nine games this year,
Goodman leads Centre at 12.4 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game. Sophomore forward
Katy Williams of Austin College helped the
’Roos split with the University of Dallas and Colorado College, scoring
14 points and grabbing nine rebounds against UD and recording a
double-double with 18 points and 13 boards in a 67-60 win over
SCAC-rival Colorado College. Williams also had three assists and two
steals against CC.
Junior forward Tiffany Whitmore of Millsaps averaged 21.0
points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in a pair of SCAC losses to
Southwestern and Trinity. Whitmore notched a career-high 23 points
against the Pirates on Friday before a 19-point, eight-rebound
performance on Saturday against TU. On the season, the LSU-Eunice
transfer has scored in double figures in 7 of 10 games and is averaging
a team-best 14.0 points per game to go along with 7.0 rebounds per game.
Colorado College,
Rhodes, Sewanee
and Southwestern
did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 6
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Dec. 17th through Tuesday, Jan. 1st)
CHRISTINA
BYLER OF HENDRIX COLLEGE, a 5-9, first-year forward
from Little Rock, Ark.,
has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, December 17 through
Tuesday, January 1.
Byler posted the highest-scoring performance in the SCAC this
season, filling the nets to the tune of 35 points - a career-high - in
Monday's New Year's Eve 76-53 victory over University of the Ozarks.
Byler was perfect from the penalty stripe with 13 of 13 shooting
- tied for the fourth-best single-game performance in SCAC history - and
also pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds (her second double-double of
the season). She had eight points and eight rebounds in a 69-64 loss to
Mississippi College two nights before.
For the season, Byler is second in the league in scoring (18.9
points per game), eighth in rebounding (7.8 per game) and third in
free-throw percentage (89.5%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Senior guard Monica Vonderbrink of Centre scored a career-high 27
points and tied the school's single-game three-point record in helping
Centre to a 73-59 win over in-state rival Transylvania in the Colonels'
only game since December 17. Vonderbrink did most of her damage in the
first half scoring 23 of the team's 38 total points in the period on
seven of 12 shooting, including five of seven from the three point line
and four of four from the charity stripe. The senior guard finished the
game eight of 15 from the field, including six of nine from beyond the
three-point line and five of six from the free throw line. She also had
four rebounds and four steals in 29 minutes of action. Her previous
single-game high was a 23-point effort against Sewanee-University of the
South on Dec. 3, 2005. Vonderbrink joined Dee Minor in the Centre record
book with six three-pointers made in a game. Minor accomplished the feet
against Rhodes College on Feb. 21, 1993. Vonderbrink leads the
Colonels scoring 12.6 points per game. Senior center Beth Thomas of
Southwestern
averaged 17.0 points and
seven rebounds as the Pirates went 2-1 over the past two weeks. During
that time, she raised her scoring average by nearly three points per
game. Thomas was 22 of 30 from the floor, good for a 73.3 shooting
percentage. She also had three blocks over the three games for SU.
First-year forward Ronda Webb of
Millsaps
shattered her previous career-high of 14 points a month
ago, hitting 11-of-12 shots from the floor and knocking down six free
throws for 28 points, in an 82-69 loss to cross-city rival Belhaven
College. The freshman from Memphis, who is averaging 9.8 points and 4.9
rebounds per game, also grabbed four boards and had three steals.
Senior forward Meghan Scholbe of Trinity averaged 16.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game over the holidays,
leading the team to a 1-1 record. She also hit 11 of 23 (.478) field
goals and 9 of 12 (.750) free throws in the two games. She scored 19
points and grabbed five rebounds in the win over Elmhurst on December
28, then scored 13 points and pulled in 19 boards against Carthage the
next day. Scholbe had a double-double in the first half of the Carthage
game. For the season, Scholbe leads the team with 10.4 rebounds per game
this season, as well as being second on the team with 13.9 points per
game. Scholbe is hitting over 55% from the field and nearly 80% from the
foul line this season, leading the team in both categories. She also has
25 steals this year to lead the team.
Junior guard Anna Findley of Oglethorpe
had a solid week as the
Petrels split over the holiday weekend. In Saturday's win over Roanoke,
Findley tallied 12.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals. In Saturday's
loss to Wilmington she posted a game-high 23.0 points, adding 6.0
rebounds and 2.0 steals. For the weekend, she averaged 18.0 points, 7.5
rebounds, 3.0 steals per game. Junior guard Cassie Pruzin of DePauw
averaged 12.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as the Tigers' went 3-1
over the holiday break. Pruzin, who equaled a career-high with 12
rebounds in the 60-45 win over Ohio Northern, shot 47.2 percent (17-36)
from the field, including 50.0 percent (9-18) from beyond the
three-point line. She also averaged 5.8 assists and 2.8 steals per game
for the sixth-ranked Tigers. Sophomore forward Katy
Williams of Austin College put up
averages of 19 points and 11.5 rebounds per game and shot 55.2 percent
from the field as the ’Roos fell in their two games over the holiday
break, including a 21-point, 14-rebound performance against the
University of Dallas. Williams also added five steals and three blocks
in the two game.
Rhodes and Sewanee
did not nominate anyone for the award, and Colorado College did not play.
WEEK 5
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Dec. 10th through Sunday, Dec. 16th)
MELANIE
AUGUSTE OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a 5-6, junior guard
from Cameron Park, Calif.,
has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, December 10 through
Sunday, December 16.
Auguste was dominant in two wins against Augustana (Ill.)
College this past weekend.
In Friday's 71-61 victory, she posted just the ninth triple-double in
the SCAC since the 2001-02 season - finishing with 12 points, 11
rebounds and 12 assists. Auguste hit four clinching free throws
in the final 15 seconds to ice the game for Colorado College.
Auguste followed that performance with a double-double on
Saturday, scoring 15 and handing out 11 assists as the Tigers prevailed
in convincing fashion, 63-44.
For the two games, Auguste averaged 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 3.0 steals
per game as Colorado College improved its overall mark to 5-4.
For the season, Auguste is 11th in the league in scoring (14.2
points per game), tied for eighth in rebounding (7.8 per game), ninth in
steals (2.56 per game), tied for 13th in free throw percentage (76.5%) and leads the SCAC in
assists (7.11 per game).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Junior guard Anna Findley of
Oglethorpe recorded a game high 31 points on 12 of 17
shooting from the floor, which included 6 of 9 from beyond the arc, in
the Petrels' 92-70 victory over Methodist. In just 10 minutes of action
in the second half, Findley was a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor,
including 3-for-3 from long range. Along with 31 points, Findley
recorded a game-high seven steals, four rebounds and three assists.
Sophomore forward Chelsey White of Hendrix
led the Warriors in each contest this
week with 23 points against Univ. of Dallas and 25 points against
LaGrange. White has now posted 23+ point performances in Hendrix’s last
three games. She was 10 of 20 from the field with one three-pointer
against LaGrange and 8 of 16 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free
throw line against Univ. of Dallas. Centre, Rhodes
and Sewanee
did not nominate anyone for the award, and Austin College,
DePauw, Millsaps, Southwestern
and Trinity did not play.
WEEK 4
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Dec. 3rd through Sunday, Dec. 9th)
JENNA FERNANDEZ OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a 5-11, sophomore forward
from Chesterfield, Mo., and ANNA FINDLEY OF
OGLETHORPE
UNIVERSITY, a 5-6, junior
guard from Hiram, Ga., have been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Co-Players-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, December 3 through
Sunday, December 9.
Fernandez
scored a career-high 32 points in eighth-ranked DePauw's 58-41 win over
Augustana on Wednesday. It was the second-highest single-game individual
scoring performance in school history.
Fernandez, who nailed her first nine field goal attempts, scored
DePauw's final 10 points and 13 of the team's final 15 over the final
5:18 to extend a five-point lead to 20.
For the game, Fernandez hit on 15 of 18 shots (83.3%) from the
field and also added nine rebounds and three steals.
Fernandez currently leads the league in field goal percentage
(64.6%) and is seventh in scoring (15.5 points per game) and 16th in
rebounding (6.3 rebounds per game).
Findley had a great week as
Oglethorpe tallied wins
against Emory and LaGrange.
In Thursday's 87-78 win over Emory, she scored a game-high 34 points - 20 of which came in the second half to
bring OU back from a 13-point halftime deficit. For the game, Findley was
9-for-14 from the floor, 3-for-6 from beyond the arc and an impressive
13-for-13 from the free-throw line. Along with 34 points, she recorded
four rebounds, three steals and three assists.
In Saturday's 68-48 win over
LaGrange, Findley scored a game-high 13 points on 5 of 9 shooting from
the floor. She also added eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.
For the weekend, Findley shot 58.3 percent (14-24) from the floor, 50.0
percent (5-10) from the three-point line and a perfect 100 percent
(14-14) from the charity stripe. She averaged 23.5 points, 6.0 rebound,
3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
For the season, Findley is fourth in the league in scoring (16.9
points per game), tied for 11th in assists (2.71 per game), eighth in
steals (2.71 per game). fifth in three-point field goals made per game
(2.57) and leads the SCAC in free-throw percentage (92.3%).
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Christina Byler of Hendrix
had a 24-point performance in leading
the Warriors to an 84-67 win over University of the Ozarks. Byler was 6
of 10 from the field and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line, and pulled
down six rebounds and dished out three assists against the Lady Eagles.
Junior forward Natasha Azizi of Southwestern
led the Pirates to a
79-65 victory in non-conference action on the road at the University of
Dallas this week. Azizi scored 21 points and pulled down a game-high
eight rebounds, and shot 66.7 percent from the floor, hitting 8 of 12
shots. She also added five points on free throws. Azizi tied a
career-high with four steals and also dished out a pair of assists. She
is now averaging 13.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for SU.
Junior forward Crystal Dickerson of Millsaps averaged 12.5
points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 3.5 steals and knocked down
11-of-20 (55.0 percent) from the floor, as the Majors dropped a pair
close games to Piedmont and Louisiana College, respectively. Against
Louisiana College, Dickerson scored 14 points and pulled down ten
rebounds to record her second double-double of the season, in addition
to recording a season-high five steals. For the season, she is leading
the team or tied for the lead in almost every category, including
scoring (13.0 points per game), rebounding (9.7 rebounds per game),
assists (17), steals (16), and field goal percentage (42.6 percent). Austin
College, Colorado College
and Sewanee
did not nominate anyone for the award, and Centre, Rhodes
and Trinity did not play.
WEEK 3
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Nov. 26th through Sunday, Dec. 2nd)
KATIE KULAVIC OF
OGLETHORPE
UNIVERSITY, a 5-7, junior
guard from Norcross, Ga., has been selected the SCAC Women's Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, November 26 through
Sunday, December 2.
Kulavic led the Petrels to a 2-0 weekend - extending OU's home
conference winning streak to a program-best nine games.
In Friday's 75-72 win over Birmingham Southern, Kulavic recorded
a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and also added five
assists. She sank 7 of 12 attempts from the floor and was a perfect 3 of
3 from the free-throw line. In Sunday's 96-59 victory over Rhodes, she
tallied 16 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in just
19 minutes of action.
For the weekend, Kulavic averaged 16.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.0
assists and 2.0 steals per game while playing just 27 minutes per game.
She shot 56.5% from the floor (13-23), 66.7% from beyond the three-point
line (2-3) and was a perfect 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.
Kulavic is averaging a team-best 16.8 points per game (fifth in
the SCAC) and is 14th in the league in rebounding at 6.4 per game. She
leads the SCAC in field goal percentage at 66.0%. The season is still
early, but Kulavic would be the first guard to lead the league in
field goal percentage since Alyson Welch of Millsaps in 1993-94.
She is also seventh in the SCAC in assists (3.6 per game) and fourth in
free throw percentage (83.3%).
Kulavic is just 26 points away from
becoming the 55th player in SCAC history to score 1,000 career points.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Junior guard Cassie Pruzin of DePauw
had a career-high 23 points in Saturday's 80-55 win at Centre. She was 6
of 10 from the field, including 4 of 6 from three-point range. Pruzin
was also 7 of 8 from three-point range with five rebounds, three assists
and two steals in 30 minutes of action.
Sophomore forward
Christina Byler of Hendrix posted
game-highs with 21 points against Rhodes and 28 points against Millsaps
- averaging 24.5 points on the weekend as the Warriors went 1-1. Byler
pulled down eight rebounds in each contest. Senior forward Courtney
Childress of Sewanee had three double-doubles on the week, averaging
14.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. Childress, who shot 57.1% on the
week (20-35), had 17 points, 14 rebounds and five steals against
Tennessee Temple, 11 points and 10 rebounds against Rhodes and 15
points, 13 rebounds and three steals against Birmingham-Southern.
Senior guard Tierney Hughes of
Trinity led the Tigers to a pair of wins over the weekend,
opening up conference play at home against Austin College and Colorado
College. Hughes averaged 12.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.5 steals for
the two games, scoring in double figures in both games. She hit 8 of 18
(44.4%) from the field for the weekend, which includes 5 of 12 (41.7%)
shooting from three-point range. She also hit all four free throw
attempts. In Friday’s win over Austin College, Hughes scored 14 points
and recorded four steals. She followed that with an 11-point performance
in just 21 minutes of action against Colorado College on Sunday. For the
season, Hughes is fourth on the team with 8.4 points per game and sixth
on the team with 2.9 rebounds per game. She is shooting 42% from the
field on the year, and leads the team in three-point shooting – hitting
40.0% (12-30) from beyond the arc.
Junior forward Crystal Dickerson of Millsaps
averaged 16.0 points,
6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals to help the Majors to a split
over the weekend, knocking down 11-of-18 shots (61 percent) from the
floor and 10-of-14 from the charity stripe. The junior forward leads the
Millsaps offense in the early going through five games, averaging 13.2
points and 10.2 rebounds per game to go along
with a team-high 13 assists.
Junior guard Melanie Auguste of
Colorado College led the
team in scoring for both games this weekend, including a 20-point
showing in a victory over Southwestern on Friday. Auguste, second in
career assists at CC, tallied seven assists in the two games, along with
15 rebounds and six steals. Sophomore forward Katy Williams of Austin
College continued her strong start to the season by averaging
a double-double in the first two conference games of the season.
Williams put up 19 points and 12 rebounds per game against Trinity and
Southwestern, including a 19-point, 15-rebound effort in a close loss to
the Pirates. Centre,
Rhodes
and Southwestern
did not nominate anyone for the award.
WEEK 2
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Monday, Nov. 19th through Sunday, Nov. 25th)
KRISTA PRATO MATTHEWS OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a 6-1, junior
post from Davis, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Women's
Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, November
19 through Sunday, November 25.
Prato Matthews averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds in three games
last week, leading Trinity to a 2-1 record. She was a rebound shy of
three triple-doubles for the week, and she has three triple-doubles in
five games this season.
Prato Matthews also had 14 blocks and six steals over the
weekend, hitting 26 of 46 (.565) from the field and 8 of 12 from the
foul line. She scored 19 points against both Mary Hardin-Baylor and
George Fox, then scored 24 points on 10 of 12 shooting in just 23
minutes in Sunday’s win over Notre Dame (MD).
For the season, Prato Matthews leads the team with 16.2 points
per game and is tied for first with 11.8 rebounds per game. She has also
recorded 17 total blocks and nine steals in five games, as well as
shooting 51.5% (35-68) from the field.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Senior guard Ashley
Farrell of Rhodes led all
scorers with a game-high 31 points, on 11 of 18 shooting from the field,
in a 60-56 loss to Miss. College - the team's only game of the week.
Farrell also had a game-high five steals, pulled down three bounds and
had two assists and one block. For the season, Farrell leads the SCAC in
scoring (18.7ppg) and is second in steals.
Junior center Jessica
Bowie of Millsaps notched a career-high 20 points on 8-of-14
shooting and added 11 rebounds for her second career double-double in a
58-54 loss at Louisiana College on Saturday. The junior also had three
blocks to push her season total to six in two games in addition to a
pair of steals. In the early going, Bowie is averaging 15.5 points and
9.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore forward Katy Williams of
Austin College had a big weekend for the ’Roos at the Southwestern
Invitational, averaging 22.5 points on .679 % shooting to go along with
6.5 rebounds per game. Williams punctuated her strong weekend with a
33-point performance in a loss to LaGrange, hitting 15-of-22 shots from
the field and adding six rebounds and four steals. She also hit all
seven of her free throw attempts over the weekend and added two steals.
Sophomore forward Eliese Hansberry
of Colorado College had 27 points and nine rebounds in a 75-64 win
over Aurora University on Friday, and averaged 17.0 points and 8.0
rebounds per contest in the two-game Colorado College Thanksgiving
Invitational. Junior forward Natasha Azizi of Southwestern
averaged near a
double-double in two Pirate wins this past weekend. She scored a
game-high 13 points in a 76-49 win over LaGrange while also pulling down
eight rebounds. Azizi also recorded three steals, two assists and one
block in the win. The next day against UT-Tyler, Azizi put up 12 points
and nine rebounds. She was also a force on the defensive end with six
blocks. For the two games, Azizi averaged 12.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5
blocks and 3.5 assists.
Junior guard Samantha Clark of Hendrix scored 16 points pulled down
seven rebounds and dished out a team-high four assists in the Warriors'
72-52 victory over University of Dallas. She also had three steals as
Hendrix improved to 3-0 on the season. Sophomore guard Chelsea
Goodman of Centre averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists
in two games for the Colonels last week. In Centre's 61-52 loss to
Thomas More, Goodman scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds and had
three assists and two steals. She returned the next day to scored a
season-high 18 points while tallying 13 rebounds for her second
double-double of the season in a 67-53 loss to Case Western Reserve.
Goodman is averaging 11.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game through four
contests this season.
DePauw and
Sewanee did not nominate anyone for the award, and Oglethorpe
did not play.
WEEK 1
SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
(For
games played Friday, Nov. 16th through Sunday, Nov. 18th)
MEGHAN SCHOLBE OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a 5-9, senior
forward from Centennial, Colo., has been selected the SCAC Women's
Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Friday, November
16 through Sunday, November 18.
Scholbe led the Tigers to two victories at the Trinity Tip-Off
Tournament over the weekend, averaging 19.0 points and 14.0 rebounds for
the two games.
Scholbe hit 13 of 18
(.722) attempts from the field and 11 of 12 (.917) from the free throw line, and
also averaged 3.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game at the tournament.
On
Saturday against UT-Dallas, she scored a career-high 27 points to go
with a career-best 20 rebounds to lead the team. Then on Sunday, she
finished with 11 points and eight boards, and was named the Tournament
Most Valuable Player.
Last season, Scholbe was second on the team in
scoring and rebounding with 11.8 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. She
led the Tigers with 73 steals (2.92 per game), hitting 43.1% (112-260)
from the field.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore guard Maegan Fitzgerald of
Austin College put on a shooting clinic in the ‘Roos first two
games, hitting a combined 11 of 15 threes (73.3%) and 15 of 23 shots
overall (65.2%) while also knocking down 12 of 14 free throws (85.7%) as
Austin College split the first two games of the season. In a 79-48 win
over Curry College, Fitzgerald nailed 7 of 9 threes en route to 26
points and added six assists, six rebounds, and three steals. In a tough
79-74 loss to Macalester College, Fitzgerald scored 18 of her 27 points
in the second half and finished hitting 4 of 6 from deep, and also added
four assists, four rebounds and a steal. She was a perfect 5 of 5 from
the floor in the second half. For the season, she’s now averaging 26.5
points, five rebounds, five assists, and two steals per game.
Junior guard Cassie Pruzin of DePauw averaged 12.0 points, 7.5
rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in wins over Olivet and
Illinois Wesleyan. She hit on 7 of 14 shots from the field (50.0%),
including 3 of 8 from three-point range. In 32 minutes of play in the
win over 15th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan, Pruzin scored 17 points, dished
out seven assists and grabbed eight rebounds. Junior guard Katie
Kulavic of Oglethorpe led the Petrels to a 2-0 start opening
weekend. In Friday's 81-45 win over Methodist, she scored 11 points on 5
of 5 shooting with two assists and three rebounds in just 19 minutes of
action. In Saturday's 96-54 win, Kulavic scored 20 points with eight
rebounds, four steals and three assists. For the weekend she averaged
15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game while
shooting 86.7% (13-15) from the floor. With her performance she was
named the Emory and Henry Tip-Off Tournament MVP.
Sophomore guard Amanda Morris of Hendrix led the Warriors' attack
with 21 points, six assists and six steals in the team's victory over
Westminster (Mo.) College. Morris scored 15 points and posted three
steals and two assists in the Warriors’ dominating win over Rhema Bible
College. Sophomore guard
Chrystal Claunch of Centre
averaged 12.5 points, 5.0 steals, 3.5
assists and 3.0 rebounds per game in helping Centre to its first 2-0
start since the 2002-03 season. In the Colonels opening day win over
Spalding, Claunch scored seven points with five steals, four rebounds
and three assists. One day later, the sophomore guard scored a team-high
18 points and added five assists, four assists and two rebounds.
First-year guard Lakeya
McGill of Rhodes recorded a game-high six steals in the Lynx' 68-55
win over Westminster (Mo.) and also added 13 points. For the weekend,
McGill averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 steals and 4.5 rebounds per game and
shot 50.0% from three-point range and 73% from the charity stripe as
Rhodes opened the season 2-0. Junior center Jessica Bowie of Millsaps,
playing in her first
game with the Majors after transferring following her freshman year, hit
a lay-up with 0.3 seconds left in regulation to lift Millsaps to a 57-55
win over cross-town rival Mississippi College. Bowie finished with 11
points and eight boards to go along with three blocks to give the Majors
their first season-opening win since the 2004-05 campaign.
Colorado College,
Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the
award.
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