Pirate Women's Basketball News 2012-13

June 10, 2013
SCAC Announces Spring 2013 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today for the 2013 spring term and 462 student-athletes made the list.

April 3, 2013
SCAC Announces 2012-13 Winter All-Sportsmanship Teams
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its fifth annual winter All-Sportsmanship teams. A total of 22 student-athletes were selected to the 2012-13 squad in the sports of men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s swimming & diving and women’s swimming & diving.

March 15, 2013
Leeder Named to D3hoops.com All-Region First Team
Junior forward Chelsea Leeder earned a spot on the D3hoops.com All-Region First Team for the South Region.

February 25, 2013
Leeder Leads Way in All-SCAC Awards
GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced their 2013 All-SCAC teams on Saturday. Highlighted by Chelsea Leeder's selection as Co-Player-of-the-Year and Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year, Southwestern placed three on the first team.

February 24, 2013
Trinity Tops Southwestern in SCAC Final
Trinity took advantage of a cold shooting first half for Southwestern and rolled it into a 77-65 win in the SCAC Basketball Championship final on Sunday afternoon.

February 23, 2013
Defense Propels Pirates into Conference Final
The Southwestern Pirates defeated the Austin College Roos 72-57 on Saturday afternoon to advance to the finals of the SCAC Women’s Basketball Championships in Sherman, Texas.

February 20, 2013
Owens Earns SCAC Player-of-the-Week Honors
JORDAN OWENS OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore forward from Richardson, Texas, has been named SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, February 4 through Sunday, February 10.

February 17, 2013
Women’s Basketball Closes Out Regular Season With Big Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Katelyn Bartell got a big win in her final home game as a Pirate as Southwestern defeated Colorado College 77-54 on Sunday afternoon.

February 15, 2013
Pirates Claw-Out Win over Crusaders
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern survived a tough offensive night to defeat the University of Dallas 73-55 on Friday evening for the annual Play for Kay game.

February 9, 2013
Hot Shooting Tigers Defeat Pirates
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern women’s basketball led most of the game but a fiery Trinity team took the lead late to defeat SU 101-89 on Saturday night.

February 6, 2013
Bourne’s Huge Game Not Enough for Pirates Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Annie Bourne had a huge night for the Southwestern women’s basketball team, posting 23 points and 22 rebounds, but Southwestern wasn’t able to win the game, falling 78-66 to Trinity on Wednesday night.

February 5, 2013
Bourne Earns SCAC Player-of-the-Week Honors
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - ANNIE BOURNE OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore forward from Dallas, Texas has been named SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, January 28 through Sunday, February 3.

February 2, 2013
Big Runs Give Women’s Basketball Easy Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Consistent runs throughout the first and second half allowed Southwestern to gather a big lead and retain it to defeat Austin College 78-59 on Saturday evening.

February 1, 2013
Second Half Defensive Dominance Gives Pirates Easy Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern women’s basketball team dominated the second half, allowing just six field goals in the frame the cruise to an 89-58 win.

January 28, 2013
Eschle Named SCAC Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Madison Eschle, a sophomore forward from Flower Mound, Texas, has been named SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, January 21 through Sunday, January 27.

January 27, 2013
Five Pirates Hit Double-Figures in Win
IRVING, Texas - Southwestern women’s basketball rolled to a 90-61 win over the University of Dallas on Sunday afternoon to improve to 14-5 on the year and 8-1 in the SCAC. UD falls to 7-11 overall and 2-8.

January 25, 2013
Eschle's Big Night Leads to Pirates Big Win
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Sophomore Madison Eschle scored 19 points in 20 minutes to lead the Pirates to an 80-49 win over Colorado College on Friday night.

January 19, 2013
Men’s Basketball Out-Rebounded in Loss
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Southwestern was -15 in rebounding margin and shot only 35.7% from the free throw line as the Pirates fell 66-49 to Trinity on Saturday night.

January 19, 2013
Women’s Basketball Drops First Conference Game
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Trinity University’s home court advantage was more than the Pirates could overcome as Southwestern lost their first SCAC game on Saturday night.

January 12, 2013
Pirates Push SCAC Win Streak to Six
SHERMAN, Texas - With a 73-56 win over Austin College on Saturday night the Southwestern women's basketball team moved to 12-4 overall and a perfect 6-0 in conference play.

January 11, 2013
Women's Basketball Hits Century Mark in SCAC Win
SHREVEPORT, La. - The Southwestern women's basketball remains undefeated in conference play with a 100-56 victory over Centenary College on Friday night.

January 5, 2013
Huge Second Half Vaults Pirates to Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern allowed just 21 second half points to defeat the University of Dallas 84-55.

January 4, 2013
Leeder Hits 1000 Career Points in Huge Pirate Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Junior forward Chelsea Leeder posted her 1000th career point on Friday night as Southwestern demolished Colorado College 88-58.

December 31, 2012
Hot Shooting Pirates Take Down Webster
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - While shooting nearly 50% from the field and three point, the Southwestern women's basketball team easily took down Webster University 85-61 to close their holiday tournament play.

December 30, 2012
Outstanding Perimeter Shooting Not Enough For Upset
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Southwestern women's basketball went 11-16 (68.8%) from three point range but still fell short of upsetting #5 Washington University on Sunday night, falling 73-82.

December 28, 2012
Quick Start Leads to Big Win
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Southwestern stormed out of the gates in their first game after the holidays to win easily 95-42 over Blackburn College on Friday evening.

December 15, 2012
Women's Basketball Pulls Out Victory
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern did just enough from the free throw line to close out a 90-86 win over Concordia University (TX) on Saturday afternoon. The win improves Southwestern to 6-2 on the season.

December 3, 2012
Owens Named SCAC Player-of-the-Week
GEORGETOWN, Texas - For the second time in three weeks, a Southwestern women's basketball player has earned conference Player-of-the-Week honors.

December 1, 2012
Women's Basketball Crushes Centenary
SHREVEPORT, La. - Behind a record setting night from Jordan Owens, Southwestern destroyed Centenary 95-79 on Saturday evening to improve ot 6-2 on the year and 2-0 in the SCAC.

November 30, 2012
Dominating First Half Give Pirates SCAC Opener Win
SHERMAN, Texas - Southwestern women's basketball allowed just 18 first half points while scoring 33 in the frame to earn their first SCAC Conference win, 66-54 over Austin College.

November 26, 2012
Leeder Sets New Career Record
GEORGETOWN, Texas - With her three-pointer against Hardin-Simmons on Sunday, Chelsea Leeder set a new SU record for most threes in a career.

November 25, 2012
Pirates Fall in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Southwestern women's basketball was held scoreless in the final 4:30 as Hardin-Simmons stole a 63-62 win from the Pirates.

November 24, 2012
Pirates Survive in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Southwestern women's basketball hung on for the win, their third of the season, with a 56-53 win over Schreiner University on Saturday night.

November 20, 2012
Bourne Receives National Team-of-the-Week Nod
The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 16th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

November 20, 2012
Bourne Garners SCAC Player-of-the-Week Honors
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Annie Bourne, a sophomore forward from Dallas, Texas, has been named SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, November 12 through Sunday, November 18.

November 20, 2012
Second Half Push Defeats Pirates
BELTON, Texas - Tuesday night, Mary Hardin-Baylor got the revenge they were searching for, using a second half surge to give Southwestern their first loss of the season.

November 20, 2012
Second Half Surge Spells Demise for Pirates
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Despite leading by nearly 20 points at halftime, Southwestern fell 75-71 to Wartburg College on Monday afternoon.

November 17, 2012
Owens Ties SU Scoring Record in Pirate Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Sophomore forward Jordan Owens tied the Southwestern scoring record with 32 points as Southwestern defeated Texas Lutheran 83-69 on Saturday evening.

November 16, 2012
Women's Basketball Snatches First Win Behind Bourne's Leadership
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Annie Bourne was just three rebounds shy of tying an SU record as she posted a double-double to lead the Pirates to an 84-73 victory over UMHB to open the season.

November 14, 2012
2012-13 Southwestern Women's Basketball Media Guide
View the SU Women's Basketball 2012-13 Media Guide!

November 14, 2012
Young but Experienced Pirates Kick-off Season
GEORGETOWN, Texas - With just five juniors and seniors on the roster most teams would be concerned about experience, but not this year’s Southwestern women’s basketball team. SU returns all but one player and starter from last year’s squad that was just eight points shy of the conference finals.

November 13, 2012
Pirates Kick-off Season with Shopping Cart Parade
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Friday night the SU Women's Basketball team opens their season as the SU community supports The Caring Place.