Feb. 20, 2009

Box Score

Southwestern combined a hot shooting night with solid defense to defeat Austin College 59-48 in Georgetown, TX on Friday night.

Southwestern led by seven early in the first half, but Austin College was able to pull back even on layup by Austin College's Kersti Marusich to tie the

game at 14 with just under six minutes to go in the half. The Pirates responded and were able to put together a 12-6 run to go into halftime up 6, 26-20.

In the second half, Southwestern quickly pushed their lead to 11, 38-27, on pai

r of layups by junior guard Jessica Herbst and sop

homore forward Staley Mullins. The Pirates cruised to the victory for the remainder of the half, never allowing Austin College within six points.

The Pirates shot 50% from the field for the game and held the Roos to just 23.1% from the field and 23.8% from three point range. They also forced Austin College into 14 turnovers and committed just 12.

Senior Natasha Azizi led Southwestern with 22 points on 8-10 shooting from the field and 6-7 from the free throw line. Herbst and Mullins both chipped in 10 points in the effort. Mullins also had five assists to accompany her five blocks on the evening.

The Pirates improve to 6-18 overall and 2-12 in SCAC conference act

ion. They will close out the regular season with Senior Day on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. against Colorado College.