|  Saturday,
March 1, 2003
Baltimore - Trinity College (17-9) outscored the College of
Notre Dame of Maryland 51-32 in the second half Friday night,
overcoming a 17-point half-time deficit to beat the Gators 70-68
in the semifinals of the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference
Basketball Championships.
Trinity Tigers' Bonita Winchester-Bey hit two free throws with
23 seconds to play, putting the Tigers up four.
Notre Dame (16-10) scored with 12 seconds to play to cut the
Trinity lead to two, then missed a driving lay-up with seconds
left to seal the win for Trinity.
Trinity freshman Alicia Hopkins scored 14 of her 16 points
in the second half to lead Trinity.
Notre Dame held Trinity to 26.5-percent shooting in the first
half, taking a 36-19 lead. The Tigers, however, roared back
in the second half, and shot 48.7-percent and outrebounded Notre
Dame 29-18.
The Tigers' win advanced Trinity to the AWCC Conference Championship
game for the first time. The Trinity College-Hood College Conference
Championship Game, played at the College of Notre Dame on Saturday,
March 1, was very close: both teams were within 2-3 points of
each other for the entire match. While Hood College emerged
the victor in the final minute (61-58) Trinity's team played
a competitive game.
"Watching our players demonstrate their best, sustained
effort was a point of pride for all of the many Trinity fans
and families who traveled to Baltimore to witness this great
game," said President Patricia McGuire. (President
Congratulates the Trinity Tigers)
Coach Christy Neff and Assistant Coach Kurtis Cross guided
the Trinity team to its unprecendented berth in the final Championship
game. This year marks the first season that the Trinity Tigers
played in the new Trinity
Center for Women and Girls in Sports. The team played less
than half the season in the Trinity Center and, next year, when
Trinity plays a full season in the new facility, the Tigers
are expecting an even stronger showing.
Trinity College (17-9) vs. Notre Dame (16-10)
Alicia Hopkins: 7-16 0-0 16
Ashley Booker: 4-10 2-4 10
Bonita Winchester-Bey: 3-7 2-2 10
Becky Worsham: 4-8 2-2 10
Lakeisha Hopkins: 3-10 2-2 8
Tylisa Morris: 3-8 0-0 7
Rochelle Hayes: 3-11 0-0 7
Morgan Smith: 1-2 0-0 2
Martina Wheeler: 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals: 28-73 8-10 70
Trinity: 19 51 70
Notre Dame: 36 32 68
3-point goals: 6-23
Winchester-Bey, 2-5; Hopkins, 2-8; Hayes,1-3; Morris, 1-5;
Wheeler, 0-1; Hopkins, 0-1
Rebounds: 50
Worsham, 13
Assists: 15
Morris, 4
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