Sophomore guard Lauren Avant (Memphis, TN) scored a career high 14 points to lead Rhodes to a 52-37 SCAC road victory over Austin College on Saturday, January 14th in Sherman, TX.  The win gave the Lynx a road sweep for the weekend and they will return home to face Hendrix College on Friday, January 20th.
     Leading 24-21 at half, the Lynx used a 22-9 run over the first 15 minutes of the second half to extend their lead to 46-30 on a Jaime Maxey (Atlanta, GA)  three point field goal with 5:00 to play. Rhodes held the Kangaroos to 9 of 31 field goal shooting (29%) and outrebounded Austin 33-29.
     Freshman guard Sarah Johnson (Little Rock, AR) added 11 points and sophomore center Amy Handelman (Jackson, MS) grabbed a team high 6 rebounds.  Rhodes forced a season best 29 turnovers as they improve to 10-5 overall and 4-3 in SCAC play.