GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern University Pirates women's basketball team suffered an 81-54 loss to the No. 22-ranked Trinity University Tigers.
Turnovers plagued the Pirates once again, struggling to break the Tigers' full-court pressure and committing 19 turnovers, most of the live ball variety with Trinity generating 15 steals. The Tigers turned that into a 23-0 advantage in fastbreak points.
Trinity assisted on 26 of its 34 made field goals, shooting 49.3 percent from the field, including 5-for-17 from deep.
Cecily Woolfolk led the Pirates with 16 points, six rebounds, and one block, shooting 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Noel Pratts added 10 points off the bench with three rebounds. No other Pirate scored in double figures.
Southwestern shot just 28.6 percent from the field, including 1-for-9 from the 3-point line while hitting 14-for-18 (77.8 percent) from the free-throw line.
With the loss, the Pirates drop to 3-8 on the season and 1-3 in conference play. Southwestern will return to action on Friday, Jan. 3 for a road game against Texas Lutheran University at 7:30 p.m.