SUWANEE, Ga. - Centre and DePauw both picked up a pair of road victories over the weekend defeating Austin and Colorado Colleges respectively. With the wins, both the Colonels and Tigers clinched their spots at the 2010 SCAC Basketball Tournament in Jackson, Mississippi. Centre is now riding a three game winning streak while DePauw pushed their streak to a league high 13.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dropped two games over the weekend, falling to DePauw 69-38 on Friday and Centre 84-67 on Sunday. With the two losses, the ‘Roos saw their 10 game win streak come to an end and the team falls to 14-5 overall and 8-3 in conference play on the year. The ‘Roos were cold offensively against DePauw, hitting just 5-of-23 attempts in the first half and just 28.3% of their shots in the game. Kersti Marusich scored eight points to lead the ’Roos. Against Centre, the ‘Roos trailed by as much as 28 but came storming back behind 14 three pointers as a team and cut it to 77-65 with two minutes left but they could not quite get over the hump as the Colonels pulled away down the stretch. Courtney Kenisky and Angeleena Young each hit five threes to finish with 15 points, Marusich added 11 points and Erica McDaniel pulled down 12 rebounds in the loss. The ’Roos will be looking to get back to their winning ways when they take on the University of Dallas on Wednesday and Colorado College on Saturday.

Birmingham-Southern split this week on the road, losing by 10 to Trinity, 65-55, but defeating Southwestern, 75-57. Freshman Alex Adams led BSC in both games, with 13 points against Trinity and 17 against Southwestern, when she went 7-of-10 from the field. She also led with eight rebounds against Trinity. Overall Adams leads BSC averaging 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game. Sophomore Sam Davidson leads with 2.5 assists a game, freshman Stephanie Stanley leads with 1.3 steals a game, and sophomore Erin Jackson leads with 1.2 blocks a game. The Panthers return home this weekend, taking on Oglethorpe, Friday, and Sewanee, Sunday.

Centre won a pair of SCAC road games defeating Colorado 89-62 Friday and then Austin 84-67 Sunday. The Colonels shot over 50.0% from the field as a team in both games, including 40.0% or higher from beyond the three-point arc. Four players scored in double figures in each game. In addition 10 players scored in each game for Centre. Defensively the Colonels limited Colorado to only 28.8% (23-80) from the field and only 8 of 33 (24.2%) from the three-point line, while holding Austin to only 33.3% (22-66) from the floor Sunday. Centre, now 13-6 overall and 8-3 in the SCAC, will next play DePauw this week in Greencastle, Ind.

Collier Clegg reached the 20-point mark for the third time, but Colorado College had their worst shooting night of the season on their home court and came out on the short end of an 89-62 decision against Centre. The Tigers pulled to within 68-56 when Clegg scored with 6:44 remaining, but any thoughts of a comeback quickly ended when the Colonels answered with 10 consecutive points to re-gain the momentum. Clegg led the Tigers with 20 points, while Alyssa Aldaz scored 12 and added a game-high nine rebounds. DePauw University used a 15-3 run late in the first half to break open a close game and went on to post an 81-66 victory over CC on Saturday. Collier Clegg, who led CC with a game-high 20 points, knotted the game at 18-18 when she buried a 3-pointer 7:21 into the game, but DePauw went on a 14-5 run to open up a 32-23 lead. Clegg posted back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in her career. Becky Luetjen and Aldaz added 12 points apiece, while Luetjen led CC with nine rebounds. CC travels to Texas next weekend for a conference game at Austin College on Saturday and its final non-conference game of the season on Sunday at the University of Dallas.

#24 DePauw improved to 17-3 overall, 10-1 in conference play and extended its win streak to 13 with a weekend sweep of Austin (68-37) and Colorado College (81-66). In the win at Austin, the Tigers scored 17 straight points in the middle of the first half to take a 28-10 lead. DePauw went to the break with a 39-14 lead. The Tigers led by as many as 40 in the second half at 65-25. Katie Aldrich was DePauw's lone double-figure scorer with 13 points, while Emily Marshall grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the nation's leader in rebound margin to a 40-31 advantage on the boards. Lauren Goff dished out five assists in the win. The Tigers shot 50.9 percent from the floor to Austin's 28.3 percent. At Colorado College on Saturday, the hosts led by four points on two occasions during the first half, but an 8-0 DePauw run gave them a four-point lead. A 9-1 DePauw stretch later in the first half pushed the Tigers to an 18-point lead on the way to a 51-38 halftime advantage. Colorado College got no closer than 10 in the second half. Jenna Fernandez led DePauw with 13 points, while Katie Mathews followed with 10 and Emily Marshall grabbed nine rebounds. Kate Walker dished out four assists. The Tigers held a 39-38 edge on the boards. DePauw shot 47.8 percent from the floor to Colorado College's 41.5 percent, but the visiting Tigers committed just nine turnovers. For the weekend, Fernandez paced the Tigers with 10.5 points per game, while Marshall averaged 9.5 rebounds. DePauw shot 49.2 percent and held the opponents to only 34.9 percent while only committing 22 turnovers.

Hendrix breezed through the weekend’s competition with a 72-48 victory over Oglethorpe University on Friday evening and then an 83-66 win over Sewanee-The University of the South on Sunday afternoon. Hendrix improves to 14-3 overall and 9-2 in SCAC play and will ride its five-game win streak into San Antonio on Feb. 5. A loss from Austin College (14-5, 8-3 SCAC) on Sunday gave the Warriors the lone spot at the top of the West Division. Hendrix scored 14 points off Oglethorpe’s 12 first-half turnovers and took a 34-14 lead into the locker room. The Warriors’ shot 34.3 percent (12-of-35) in the opening 20 minutes, compared to an ice cold effort from the Stormy Petrels, 20.0 percent (6-of-30). The Warriors had four players in double figures with senior forward Christina Byler leading the pack. Byler scored a game-high 12 points and was just one rebound shy of a double-double. Senior guard Amanda Morris, sophomore guard Anna Roane and sophomore forward Caty Hensy all scored 10 points. Morris drained three shots from behind the arc and Hensy denied three shots. Byler scored a season high 28 points and set a new Hendrix single-game record with 25 rebounds in the Warriors’ win over Sewanee. Byler had her double-double at the half with 14 points and 12 boards and finished the game 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. She ended the affair 9-of-23 from the field with 10 rebounds on the offensive end and 15 from the defensive end. Byler was three rebounds away from tying the SCAC’s single-game record of 28 rebounds, set by Jennifer Warren of Trinity (vs. Austin on 12/7/94). Sophomore guard Jordan Henderson matched her career high with 12 points and also dished out six assists. The Warriors shot 40.8 percent from the field and 78.3 percent from the charity stripe.

Millsaps lost a pair of conference games over the weekend against Sewanee-U of the South and Oglethorpe University to remain winless on the season at 0-20 overall and 0-11 in the SCAC. Despite scoring a season-high 80 points Friday night at The Hangar Dome, the Majors dropped their 19th straight game of the season as visiting Sewanee led from start to finish for the 92-80 victory. Millsaps rallied from a 22-point halftime deficit but fell short in the end as the Tigers pulled away in the closing minutes. Sunday afternoon, freshman forwards Shante’ Morton and Deonna Walton recorded double-doubles for Millsaps but could not propel the Majors to their first win of the season as hot-shooting Oglethorpe University got the win, 70-64. The Majors held a four-point lead early in the second half only to see the Stormy Petrels strike back and come away with the SCAC victory. Millsaps looks for its first win of the season on the road this weekend when they visit Southwestern University and Trinity University Feb. 5 and 7.

Oglethorpe split two road contests this past weekend, falling at Hendrix (72-48) and topping Millsaps in Mississippi (76-70). On a snowy, frigid night in Arkansas, the Petrels were similarly cold from the field, missing 24 of 30 first half shots to fall behind by an insurmountable margin of 34-14. The Warriors held Oglethorpe to 28% shooting on the night (17-60) and never trailed on their way to claiming the win. The Petrels committed 26 turnovers which Hendrix cashed in for 24 points en route to the victory. Freshman Sarah Gile continued her steady play for the Petrels by posting 8 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in the road loss. Against Millsaps on Sunday, the Petrels got off to a hot start by shooting 64% in the first half and built a 14 point second half lead before settling on the final margin. Oglethorpe did the work on the defensive side of the ball to keep the Majors (0-20) winless on the season. The Petrels held Millsaps to 29% shooting (20-68) and forced 25 turnovers which they converted into 28 points. Sophomore Katie Weeks had a career afternoon for Oglethorpe, hitting on 12 of 18 shot attempts on her way to posting a game-high 25 points and eight rebounds. Freshman Sarah Giles continued to impress in the paint, notching another double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds while the recently activated Mareva Bone rounded out the Petrels in double figures with 10 in the win. The Petrels are now 9-11 on the season and, at 4-7 in the SCAC, hold a two game lead on Sewanee for the final berth in next month's SCAC Championship also held in Jackson. Oglethorpe is back in action this Friday night when they face Birmingham-Southern at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.

Rhodes split a pair of road games this weekend. The Lynx defeated Southwestern 66-62 in Georgetown, TX as they rallied from an 8 point 2nd half deficit to take the lead in the final two minutes and hold on for the win. Rhodes lost a overtime thriller to Trinity in the 2nd game, 92-86. The Lynx rallied from a 17 point 2nd half deficit to take a 78-76 lead with 20 seconds to play. Trinity tied the game on a put back with 7 seconds to play and Rhodes missed a shot at the buzzer for the win in regulation. After jumping out to a 86-80 led in OT, Trinity rallied with a 12-0 run to end the game and secure the win. Rhodes senior guard Becky Atnip leads the SCAC in scoring at 16.8 ppg.

Sewanee went 1-1 on the weekend, besting Millsaps 92-80 before falling to Hendrix on Sunday. Logan Miller led Sewanee Friday with 26 points and Lauren Gulley led with 24 points on Sunday. The Tigers are currently leading the nation in three-pointers per game and had 24 this weekend. Sewanee is now 6-13 and 2-9 in the SCAC.

Southwestern first hit their tough homestand this week, dropping both games over the weekend. On Friday night Southwestern and Rhodes had the game locked at 60-60 with 1:39 to play but late turnovers allowed the Lynx to pull away for the 64-60 victory. Saturday's contest kept the Pirates on their toes as Birmingham-Southern brought an uptempo, run and gun style into the Robertson Center. SU went into the break down 17 points, 52-35, and the Panthers maintained the uptempo style and pushed the spread to 19 points. The Pirates were able to pull within 15 at one point, but BSC quickly pushed back and maintained the lead to take the win. With the losses Southwestern falls to 8-12 overall and 4-7 in the SCAC. They stay at home for two games this coming weekend, Friday against Millsaps and Saturday against Hendrix.

Trinity won for the sixth time in its last seven games, sweeping Birmingham-Southern and Rhodes over the weekend. Birmingham-Southern kept the game close throughout, but the Tigers had four players score in double figures on their way to a 10-point win. In the game, Danielle Hubenak recorded six assists, breaking the Trinity career record set by Christal Seahorn from 1995-99. On Saturday night against Rhodes, Trinity jumped out to a 12-point lead at halftime, as well as a 17-point advantage early in the second period. But Rhodes was not going quietly, tying the game and even holding a lead in the final seconds. Abby Dietert grabbed an offensive rebound and put in a layup with seven seconds left to send the game to overtime. In overtime, Rhodes took an early six-point lead, but Danielle Hubenak took over the game with just over three minutes to play. She scored the final 12 points for the Tigers – including three three-pointers – to pull off the victory. The Tigers will host Hendrix and Millsaps this weekend, finishing off the regular season home schedule. Trinity defeated Millsaps 62-58 earlier this season, but Hendrix scored a 57-51 win over Trinity in Conway, Arkansas.

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