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Centre Basketball: Women Colonels take down Trinity

January 23, 2011

Paige Baechle scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds off the bench and Maggie Prewitt scored 24 points Saturday to lead the Centre College women to a 67-56 win over host Trinity.

“This was a great game down here. We came out in the first half and shot it well and Trinity got off to a slow start and did not shoot well,” said Centre coach Wendie Austin-Robinson, whose team led 34-22 at the half.

“I’m extremely proud of the kids having to come back and play back-to-back against a tough, physical Trinity team which upset DePauw on Friday night. It was a great growing opportunity for our team. We’ve got people playing key positions that are not used to playing those positions. The kids in the second half did a great job of executing the scoring report.”

Baechle was 10 of 16 from the floor, while Prewitt was 7-for-17 shooting, hitting three of eight 3-pointers and going 7 of 8 at the free throw line. She also had seven assists and three steals.

“Paige was huge for us. It was her first career triple-double and she just defended well,” Austin-Robinson said. “And Maggie had a great game.”

Lauren Huter had six points and 11 rebounds and Angela Tronzo four points, six rebounds, five steals and three assists for the Colonels (12-6, 6-3 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference).

“Angela was solid. She guarded their best player (Abby Dietert) and held her to nine points and made her go 2 of 13 shooting,” the Centre coach said.

“She’s probably the best defensive player in the league, and she does a great job each night.”
Centre finished 25 of 64 from the floor, hitting six of 19 3s and 11 of 16 free throws, while outrebounding Trinity (7-10, 4-5) 47-43.

Trinity was held to 28 percent shooting (17 of 61), going 6 of 19 from 3-point range and 16 of 21 at the line.

The Centre men’s game was not finished in time for publication.

Friday’s Games

Men

Centre 72, Southwestern 54 — At Georgetown, Texas, Greg Ross led four Colonels in double figures with 19 points and five rebounds as the Colonels rolled over Southwestern.

Donovan Whiteside had 16 points and three steals, Bryan Ellis had 14 points and Jeff Mullaney had 11 points, five assists and two steals.

Alex Lloyd added seven points and seven boards.

Centre led 28-23 at the half and by just four with 5 minutes left before breaking the game open.

The Colonels finished 22 of 52 from the floor, hitting 13 of 33 3-pointers, and made 15 of 19 free throws.

Women

Southwestern 77, Centre 73 — The Colonels trailed by five at the half in a conference loss to the Pirates.

Maggie Prewitt scored 22 points with five assists and six rebounds, Lauren Huter had 12 points and 13 boards, Chelsea Benham had 10 points and three steals and Alyson Burke added nine points and went 3 of 7 from 3-point range.

Centre finished 27 of 70, 8 of 29 from 3-point range, hit 11 of 16 free throws and outrebounded Southwestern 48-39.

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