SAN ANTONIO -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs extended their school-record win streak to 12 games and advanced to the semifinal round of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with an 85-59 victory Friday over Centenary College (La.).

At Trinity University's Sams Gymnasium, the top-seeded Bulldogs started slowly against The Ladies, falling behind by seven after the first four minutes of play. But the Bulldogs took the lead for good with a three-pointer from Natalie Vella (Corpus Christi/Moody) at the 10-minute mark and were not threatened again.

The Bulldogs improved to 21-5 overall. The 21 wins for TLU are the second-most in program history. The Bulldogs can match the school record of 22 wins with a victory Saturday in the SCAC semifinal.

Centenary concluded its season at 0-24.

TLU will face the winner of the Austin College/Schreiner quarterfinal. The TLU semifinal is set for a 5 p.m. tip Saturday in Trinity's Sams Gymnasium.

Seguin radio station KWED 1580 AM will have the radio call and the audio-only webcast at seguintoday.com. Live video and live stats will be available from links at scacsports.com and tlubulldogs.com.

TLU closed the first half on a 15-4 run. Taylor Dydalewicz (Dripping Springs/Lake Travis) and Kristen Lye (San Antonio/Clark) scored 10 and nine, respectively, in the first half.

Dydalewicz, the Bulldogs' sophomore forward, finished with a game-high 17 points and collected nine rebounds. She made 9-of-10 at the foul line and grabbed five of her rebounds on the offensive glass.

Lye, a freshman forward, scored 14 and grabbed seven rebounds. She was 4-for-7 from the field and 5-for-5 at the free throw line.

Chelsey Stolle (Falls City/Falls City), Vella, Dalia Camargo (Mission/Mission) and Savannah Hight (San Antonio/Brandeis) each chipped in eight points. Stolle blocked four shots and registered four rebounds, and Camargo tallied three steals.

TLU junior point guard Karisa Cantu (San Antonio/MacArthur) dished out a game-high four assists, scored five and had two steals and two rebounds.