Trinity (TX) TrinTX 27-2,16-0 SCAC

Whitman Whitm 27-2,16-0 NWC

Trinity (TX) TrinTX

27-2,16-0 SCAC

Final

Mar. 05, 2022

Whitman Whitm

27-2,16-0 NWC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Trinity (TX) TrinTX	9	9	20	14	52
Whitman Whitm	6	12	5	16	39

Summary
Box Score

Scott Burkhalter

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 3/5/2022 7:47:00 PM

Women's Basketball Falls To Trinity In NCAA Second Round

ABILENE, Texas - Sydney Abbott scored a team-high 12 points, Korin Baker nearly posted a double double with nine points and 10 rebounds, but it couldn't overcome a poor shooting night by the Whitman College women's basketball team who saw their season come to a close in the NCAA Tournament second round with a 52-39 loss to Trinity (TX) on Saturday night.

Whitman shot only 28% from the floor and 3-17 in three pointers, and was only able to get to the free throw line four times. The loss ends an impressive run for the Blues (27-2) who dropped only their second game and advanced in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.

Maggie Shipley led Trinity (27-2) with 20 points and 11 rebounds and Hailey Coleman added nine points and nine rebounds. Kaylie McCracken pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for Whitman while adding six points.

The third quarter tipped the scales after the teams headed to halftime deadlocked at 18-18 in a very low-scoring affair. Shipley went on a scoring spree to open the third quarter, dropping eight points in a 12-0 run to start the period. Baker finally got the Blues on the board with a bucket, but the Tigers had opened up a 30-20 lead with 6:32 to play in the period. Whitman was just unable to find the basket in the game but more so in the third quarter. They scored only five points in the period and headed to the fourth quarter needing to make up a 15-point deficit.

Like the champions they are, the Blues didn't give in and got within striking distance in the fourth. Whitman mounted an 8-0 run capped by a Taylor Chambers elbow three pointer to shave the Trinity lead to 40-33 with 6:19 to play.

Julia Ackerman responded with a three pointer to push the lead back up to double digits and seemingly regain control of the game for the Tigers. Though there was 5:49 to play in the period, Trinity seized the momentum and carried it through the rest of the game for the win.

#GoWhitman

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