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Texas Lutheran University

54
#4 Texas Lutheran TLUW 15-12
69
Winner #1 Trinity TUW 21-5
#4 Texas Lutheran TLUW
15-12
54
Final
69
#1 Trinity TUW
21-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
#4 Texas Lutheran TLUW 14 17 11 12 54
#1 Trinity TUW 23 14 20 12 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Bulldogs season comes to end with SCAC semifinal loss to Trinity


SHREVEPORT, La. -- Texas Lutheran's 2015-16 season came to an end Saturday with a 69-54 loss to top seed Trinity at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

In Centenary College's Gold Dome, the Bulldogs committed 20 turnovers and were held to 35.8 percent shooting overall and to 27.8 percent shooting from the three-point line.

TLU, the fourth seed in the tournament, fell to Trinity for a second consecutive year in the SCAC semifinal round. The Bulldogs defeated Trinity two years ago for the 2014 SCAC Championship.

Monica Holguin and Allison Staley each scored 20 for the No. 24 Tigers, who improved to 21-5 overall. Holguin added five rebounds and three assists, and Staley contributed two assists and three steals.

TLU dropped to 15-12 overall.

The Bulldogs were led by senior forward Taylor Dydalewicz, who scored 12 and pulled down three rebounds. Junior forward Savannah Hight contributed 11 points, four rebounds and four steals.

Kristen Lye, a junior forward, led TLU in rebounding, with 12. She scored seven and had two assists.

The Bulldogs put Trinity on the line 27 times, and the Tigers made 18 free throws.

The Tigers out-rebounded TLU 41-30. The Bulldogs gave up 13 offensive rebounds to the Tigers.

Trinity led as many as 18 in the fourth quarter. TLU did not have a lead in the game.

The game was the final collegiate contest for three Bulldog seniors: Dydalewicz, post Autumn Shead and guard Eriana Garner.

 
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