SUWANEE, Ga. - Kristin Salmon poured in 21 points and added five rebounds while playing all 40 minutes for Millsaps as the Majors knocked off Trinity 66-59 in San Antonio Friday night. The win marked the first for Millsaps over the Texas Tigers since January 26, 2001 - snapping a streak of 18 consecutive losses to Trinity.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dropped a pair of games last week, falling 58-49 to Dallas and falling by three in overtime to Colorado College. Kersti Marusich scored 12 points and added seven rebounds in both games while freshman Brooke Melton had career highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds against Dallas. Shayna Clardy had 13 points, eight assists and six steals against the Tigers.

Birmingham-Southern split this week, falling to Berry College on the road, 56-46, Wednesday, but defeating Rhodes on Saturday, 75-68. Four Panthers scored in double digits against Rhodes, led by junior Sam Davidson with 15 points. Sophomore Melanie Short led on the boards with nine rebounds. Davidson also led the team in scoring against Berry with 13 points, while junior Ashton Spurgin led with 11 rebounds. BSC is at home again this weekend, taking on Austin College, Friday, and Colorado College, Sunday.

Centre won a pair of SCAC road games defeating Sewanee 82-45 Friday night and then winning 59-46 over Oglethorpe Sunday afternoon. The Colonels shot a season-best 63.8% (37-58) from the floor against Sewanee, including 70.8% (17-24) in the first half, while limiting the Tigers to only 29.8% (17-57) shooting. Centre didn’t shoot as well against Oglethorpe making only 30.4% (21-69) of its shots, but made 14 of 15 free throws (93.3%) compared to only 3 of 4 (75.0%) by Oglethorpe. The Colonels, now 9-5 overall and 3-2 in league play, will host Hendrix and Millsaps this week.

Becky Luetjen poured in 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Colorado College erased a 12-point deficit midway through the second half to post a 71-68 overtime victory at Austin College on Saturday. Luetjen’s final bucket gave CC a 70-68 lead with 24 ticks remaining in overtime, and then freshman forward Gracie Rennecker blocked a shot with 10 seconds to go to help seal the victory. Emily Wattman-Turner, who finished with a career-high 17 points, made the second of two free throws with four seconds remaining and Austin’s desperation three-point attempt fell short as time expired. Kalli Kemling finished with 11 points and posted career highs with nine rebounds and five assists. Luetjen scored 20 or more points for the fifth time this season. She also recorded her fifth double-double of the year and the 15th of her career. Trailing 53-41 with 11:53 to go, Luetjen drained back-to-back shots from behind the arc to ignite a 20-2 run that put the Tigers up 61-55 with 4:40 left on the clock. CC improved to 2-0 in overtime games this season. Colorado College saw its three-game winning streak come to an end with a 79-58 non-conference loss at the University of Dallas on Sunday. Still feeling the effects of Saturday night’s overtime victory, the Tigers ran out of gas at the end of each of half and the Crusaders proved more than capable of taking advantage of the situation. CC was within striking distance at 25-17 after Jenny Knapp drained a three pointer with 7:31 remaining in the first half, but UD went on an 18-5 run to build a commanding 21-point lead after 20 minutes. Colorado College cut its deficit to 45-33 when Luetjen knocked down a short jumper 3:26 into the second half and trailed by the same margin when Rennecker completed a three-point play with 9:16 remaining in the game. That, however, was as close as CC would get. Luetjen led the Tigers with 11 points and five rebounds. Kemling and Wattman-Turner added nine points apiece. Colorado College is back on the road this weekend when it travels to Rhodes College and Birmingham-Southern College on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

#12 DePauw extended its win streak to seven straight with road wins over Oglethorpe (71-48) and Sewanee (87-31). In the win over Oglethorpe, freshman Ali Ross hit 6-of-10 three-pointers and scored a career-high 22 points in 20 minutes. Katie Aldrich followed with 17 points and Ellie Pearson grabbed 13 rebounds and five steals. Kathryn Denbow dished out a career-high eight assists. DePauw held a 22-18 lead with just over seven minutes left in the first half before scoring 15 straight to push the lead to 19 on the way to a 37-20 halftime lead. The Stormy Petrels trimmed the lead to 13 on a couple of occasions in the second half before DePauw put the game away with a 16-4 stretch. The Tigers pushed their SCAC win streak to 19 straight dating back to December 2009 with Sunday's win at Sewanee. The Tigers broke the game open early as they extended a 5-3 lead to 28-6 with a 23-3 run. DePauw scored the last six points of the first half to head to the intermission with a 44-19 advantage. Ellie Pearson led four DePauw double-figure scorers with 12, while Lauren Goff added 11. Katie Mathews and Maddie Radcliff followed with 10 each with Radcliff's establishing a career high. Pearson and Katie Aldrich each grabbed eight rebounds as the Tigers held a 45-21 edge on the boards. The Tigers shot a season-best 54.8 percent from the field including 64.3 percent in the second half, while Sewanee shot 22 percent for the contest and just 17.9 percent in the second half. DePauw knocked down 9-of-15 from beyond the three-point arc in the win. For the weekend, Ross led the Tigers with 13.5 points per game, while Pearson averaged a double-double of 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds.

Hendrix split its two SCAC road games over the weekend after a win over Southwestern University on Friday and then a loss to Trinity University on Saturday.  Hendrix now stands at 6-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play.  Hendrix senior Christina Byler scored 18 points, while juniors Katy Ashley-Pauley and Anna Roane chipped in 14 points apiece to lead the Warriors to an 80-75 win over Southwestern.  Hendrix was just four rebounds shy of doubling Southwestern’s rebound total, 52-28. The Warriors grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and owned a 25-9 advantage in second-chance points. Hendrix set new team season-high marks in points (80), 3-pointers (11), field goals (26), rebounds (52) and 3-point percentage (.524, 11-21).  Trinity scored 26 points off Hendrix’s 29 turnovers and senior Danielle Hubenak scored 19 points to lead the Tigers to a 60-48 victory on Saturday. Neither team led by more than five points in the first 16 minutes until Trinity went on a 12-2 spree in the final minutes of the opening half. The Tigers owned a 28-19 advantage at the break. Hendrix stormed out of the gate in the second half and Byler drained back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Warriors a 40-34 lead with 11:55 left in regulation. Trinity answered with a 15-0 run over the next four minutes and would not relinquish its lead the rest of the way.

Millsaps split a pair of road games to open the new year this weekend. They snapped an 18-game losing streak to Trinity on Friday, winning 66-59, before dropping a heartbreaking 68-70 loss at Southwestern, missing the sweep by two points. Friday's win over Trinity was the first win for a Majors team in San Antonio since the 1995-96 season (the same year the Majors won the SCAC and advanced to the National Tournament). The Majors held the Tigers scoreless over the final two minutes to seal teh victory. The game at Southwestern saw seven lead changes and six ties, but this time the home team came out on top to spoil the Majors' hopes of a trip sweep. Millsaps will stay on the road this week as they travel up to Greencastle to take on DePauw on Friday before heading over to Centre on Sunday in Danville.

Oglethorpe lost to DePauw (71-48) and Centre (59-46) this past week. The Tigers, ranked No. 12 in the country, were simply too much for the Petrels to tame.The Petrels hung around the Tigers in the early stages and only tailed by 4 points midway through the first half. The Tigers, however, closed the half on a big spurt to open up a 37-20 halftime lead from which they would not look back. Kelley Reeves (11 points) and Katie Weeks (10 points) were the only Petrels who managed to notch double-figures against a Tiger squad that outrebounded Oglethorpe 47-35 on the afternoon. Sophomore Sarah Giles added 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks in the loss. Against Centre, both squads made 20 field goals in the contest and shot 30% but the Colonels made 14 free throws compared to only three for the Petrels in the tough loss. The Petrels hung tough against a veteran Colonel squad and only tailed by five, 29-24, at intermission. Oglethorpe was still in striking range late in the contest but could not get over the hump as Centre closed out the win. The Colonels controlled the boards with a 52-43 advantage and made 14 of their 15 free throw attempts to earn the road victory. Centre was only whistled for 9 fouls throughout the game and Oglethorpe made 3 of their scant 4 attempts at the charity stripe. Katie Weeks was the only Petrel in double-figures with 12 points to go along with 7 rebounds. Senior Chelsea MacDonald netted 9 points and grabbed 6 boards while sophomore Sarah Giles had a team high 12 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. The Petrels are now 3-10 (2-3) on the season and will face Southwestern at 6:00 p.m. this Friday in the Dorough Field House.

Birmingham Southern used a 13-2 run in the final 3:30 of overtime and rallied to defeat Rhodes 75-68 in a SCAC game played at Bill Battle Coliseum in Birmingham, AL on January 8th. Sharwil Bell and LaKeya McGill led the Lynx with 21 points a piece, and it was Bell's jump shot with 3:30 to play in overtime that gave the Lynx a 66-62 lead. Freshman Amy Handelman  hit two free throws with 21 seconds to play in regulation  to send the game to overtime at 62-62. Handelman posted her second double double in the past three games with 14 points and 13 rebounds. "Our kids competed at a high level against one of the best teams in the SCAC, and we came away one possession short in regulation of winning the basketball game," said Rhodes Head Coach Matt Dean. Rhodes falls to 3-9 overall and 1-4 in the SCAC. Rhodes will host five of their next seven games and eight of their final 12.

Sewanee had a tough weekend, going 0-2 after an 82-45 loss to Centre on Friday and an 87-31 loss to DePauw on Sunday. Dani Kabbes led the Tigers against the Colonels, grabbing 18 points, while Claire Elliott added 11 points and three assists. Sewanee shot just 29% from the field, while the Colonels couldn’t miss, going 37 of 58 for a 63.8% clip in the contest. 12th-ranked DePauw University proved too much for the Sewanee Tigers to handle on Sunday. DePauw dominated the entire contest, forcing host Sewanee into 24 turnovers and limiting them to just 11 of 50 shooting for the day. Elliott and Kabbes both scored eight points to lead the Tigers, while Logan Miller added five points and two assists. The two defeats drop Sewanee to 2-10 on the year and 0-5 in SCAC play. The Tigers will be back in action on Friday when they play host to Trinity University.

Southwestern split home SCAC games this week to move to 11-3 on the season and 3-2 in the SCAC. A sensational three point shooting performance by Hendrix did in the Pirates on Friday night as they narrowly fell 80-75. The Warriors shot 52.4 percent from three point range in the game and dominated the boards as SU suffered a -24 rebounding margin in the loss. The Pirate righted the ship on Sunday afternoon to defeat Millsaps College 70-68. It was a tight game the entire way with Millsaps having the largest lead of the contest, 10 points, with 7:42 to play. Southwestern worked their way back in the game and regained the lead on an Anna Fareed three pointer with 1:56 to play. Millsaps answered with a layup but Staley Mullins made two free throws with 27 seconds left to regain the lead and give the Pirates the win. Southwestern currently sits in a four way tie for the lead in the West with Millsaps, Hendrix and Colorado. They head out on the road to face Oglethorpe on Friday night and Sewanee on Saturday for more SCAC conference action.

Trinity split a pair of home games in SCAC play, following a loss to Millsaps with a win over Hendrix on Saturday night. The win over the Warriors marked the first SCAC win of the season for the Tigers. Danielle Hubenak and Abby Dietert both averaged double figures in scoring for the weekend, and while Dietert led the Tigers in rebounding and steals, Hubenak was the Trinity leader in assists and field goal percentage. Hubenak is now eighth in school history with 1,120 career points, needing just nine more to move up to seventh on the all-time list. She is also now fourth among all Tiger players in career steals with 176. Up next for the Tigers will be a pair of road games in SCAC play, taking on Sewanee and Oglethorpe this weekend. Last season, Trinity defeated both teams in San Antonio, extending Trinity’s win streak over Sewanee to 14 consecutive games. The win over Oglethorpe was the second in the last five games against the Petrels.

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