Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Mar 4, 2021 8:43 AM
Sophomore guard Jayla Santa Maria scored a career-high 17 points in TLU s win over Austin College last Friday and enters the SCAC tournament averaging 10.6 points per game. Photo by Dustin Wyatt.
(Seguin) – Texas Lutheran opens the revamped Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament Friday as the host of a quarterfinal matchup with the University of St. Thomas at Jim Shuler Court/ Memorial Gym.
The SCAC altered the format of the men’s and women’s basketball championships to play the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds over three separate weekends, with the higher tournament seed hosting each game.
Olivia Balderas and Caleb Lister
(Seguin) – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference named its first Men’s and Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for the 2020-21 season and included a pair of Texas Lutheran student-athletes on the accompanying list of outstanding performers.
The Women’s Player of the Week award went to Austin College’s Ally Longaker, who averaged 15.5 points on 63.6 percent shooting, 10 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks in a pair of wins over the University of Dallas.
TLU’s Olivia Balderas made the list of outstanding performers. The senior guard averaged an SCAC-best 17.0 points per game, with consecutive career highs of 16 and 18 in road wins over Centenary. She leads the conference in made three pointers as well after draining 10 of her 15 attempts.
Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Jan 18, 2021 8:31 AM
Senior guard Olivia Balderas averaged 17 points and went 10-15 from three-point range in the Bulldogs season opening sweep of Centenary.
TLU women sweep Centenary in season opening road swing
(Shreveport, La.) – Texas Lutheran opened the 2020-21 women’s basketball season with back-to-back road wins over Centenary this past weekend, rolling past the Ladies 87-39 on Friday and surviving a more competitive game 70-61 on Saturday.
The Bulldogs led Friday’s game 41-24 lead at the half and outscored the Ladies 46-15 in the second half. TLU led by as many as 50 late in the game.