Basketball

ATLANTA, Ga. – Huntingdon College, the regular season GSAC Women’s Basketball Champions, is set to host the 2013 GSAC Women’s Basketball Tournament this Friday through Sunday February 22-24 on their campus in Montgomery, Ala. Here’s a look at the the pre-Tournament bracket with seeds and game times.

Rosters

All games played at Huntingdon’s Roland Arena

Friday, February 22

Game 1: (#2) Salem College vs. (#7) Wesleyan College — 12 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Game 2: (#3) Agnes Scott vs. (#6) Trinity Washington — 2 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Game 3: (#4) Spelman vs. (#5) Pine Manor — 4:30 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Saturday, February 23

Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner — 1 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Game 5: (#1) Huntingdon vs. Game 3 winner — 3 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Sunday, February 24

(GSAC Championship)

Game 6 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner — 1 p.m. Live Stats Live Video

Past GSAC Tournament Champions

2012: Maryville College

2011: Piedmont College

2010: Maryville College

2009: Maryville College

2008: Piedmont College

2007: Piedmont College

2006: Maryville College

2005: Maryville College

2004: Maryville College

2003: Maryville College

2002: Piedmont College

2001: Maryville College

Box Score

Washington, DC-Ashley Brown set the table for an impressive offensive performance as she paced all players with 17 points.  Shelby Swan chipped in 11 points as Dominique Meriedy and Christa Burgess each scored 9 points.   Dominique Meriedy led the team in rebounds with 12 and Thamar Polynice in steals with 5.

The Tigers pulled away from the Phoenix in the 10^th minute of the first half and never looked back; keeping the lead for the rest of the game. The Tigers shot 32.4 percent from the floor in the 1^st half and 50 percent from the line.  They came back second half and squelched Wilson’s hope of a comeback by shooting 41.2 percent from the floor and 77.8 percent from the line.  The Tigers defense held their counterparts to 27.7 percent from the floor.

Trinity converted their athleticism into a 47-28 rebounding advantage and a 30-10 bulge in points in the paint.

Polynice’s 5 steals will help her in the NCAA Div III rankings; as she is currently ranked no. 8 in the nation.

Trinity will return to action at home Thursday, February 7^th at 7pm.

Box Score

Washington, DC- Holding the Highlanders to 29.3% from the field, Tiger Hoops lock in the 4th win of the season at the Macon Activity Center.

The Tigers relied on superb defense as they gutted out 18 steals and scored 28 points off turnovers;  giving them an advantage of 28-11 points off turnovers.

Forwards Kenyatta Robinson and Dominique Meriedy handed out 11 points apiece, while Meriedy also added the team high of 8 rebounds.   Thamar Polynice and Christa Burgess and led the team with 8 and 6 steals respectively.

Trinity University to the Trinity Center Wednesday, January 30^th vs Christendom 7:00pm.

Box Score

Washington, DC- Trinity Tigers win their third game in a row; beating Christendom (64-35) Tuesday evening.  Trinity remained in the lead the entire game, holding the Lady Crusaders to under 20 points each half.

The Tigers Freshman Kenyatta Robertson, led the team in scoring with 16 points, while Senior Christa Burgess recorded an impressive 12 points, four rebounds.  Junior Dominique Meridy added to the impressive win by talling nine points and four rebounds.

As a team the Tigers tallied 24 rebounds, 13 steals, and had four tunovers. Christendom tallied 18 rebounds, 3 steals, and 23 turnovers.  The Tigers shot 38% from the field, and 54% from the line. Christendom, on the other hand, shot 30% from the field and 47% from the line.

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Great South Athletic Conference announced the winter sports week two Player of the Week on Wednesday morning and women’s basketball player Ellen Bethea of Trinity Washington wasselected as the winner through exclusive voting by the league sports information directors.

Week 2 Basketball Player of the Week – senior guard Ellen Bethea of Trinity Washington
Bethea led the Tigers to two wins in taking her team to 2-0 to start season.  In two games last week she tallied 35 points with a .467 field goal percentage. She added 12 rebounds, 9 assists and 11 steals to her impressive stat line. For the week, she averaged 17.5 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, 4.5 assists per game and 5.5 steals per game as she becomes the first student-athlete from Trinity Washington to receive GSAC Player of the Week honors.

The GSAC sports information directors nominate Player of the Week candidates and then vote on the top two nominees in each sport as selected by the conference office. Player of the Week voting occurs on Tuesdays and the weekly announcement of the winners is released each Wednesday morning.