JACKSON -- Danielle Hubenak scored a game-high 26 points -- 18 in the second half -- for visiting Trinity as the Tigers wore down host Millsaps and pulled away with an 82-61 win in the Hangar Dome Friday evening.
Each team had four scorers in double figures on the night but it was Trinity who dominated the boards with a 50-36 margin and took advantage of 22 second chance points for its fourth consecutive win and 15th-straight over Millsaps.
Millsaps senior guard \#Crystal Dickerson\#, who needs just 17 points to eclipse 1,000 for her career, had 11 points on the night behind a team-high 13 from \#Tiffany Whitmore\#. Freshman \#Janice Okeke\# also had 11 points, while \#LaReina Adams\# added 10 points and seven rebounds.
Trinity (16-6, 9-3 SCAC) trailed just twice in the early going before a 14-2 run opened up an 8-point lead and gave the Tigers their first lead of the game. Millsaps responded with an 11-2 run of its own to knot the game at 17-17 with 11:55 left in the first half but hit just 4-of-15 shots to end the period and found themselves down 37-28 at intermission.
A pair of quick 3-pointers from Ali Marzella on the Tigers' first two possessions stretched their lead out to 15 points before the Majors scored eight unanswered to pull within seven at 43-36. TU, however, pulled away with an 18-6 game-changing run over the ensuing 5:57, hitting 7-of-12 shots from the floor including four 3-pointers.
Marzella scored 11 of her 16 in the second half in addition to six assists and four steals, while both Alexandra Blake and Krista Prato Matthews finished the night with 11 and 10, respectively. Matthews, the standout center for the Tigers, played just 15 minutes after missing the last four games but had a solid stat line.
The Majors will close out their home schedule on Sunday, hosting Southwestern at 2 p.m.