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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.