Box Score MAYFIELD, Ky. - NAIA No. 4 Trevecca (16-1, 5-0 TranSouth) hit the road on Monday for the first of two weeknight games this week, traveling to Mayfield, Ky. to take on the Mid-Continent Cougars (2-14, 0-6).Trevecca won the game going away, 69-46.
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Trevecca quickly built
an 8-4 lead, but the Cougars came back with a 7-1 run to take the lead
at 11-9. With 7:40 remaining in the first half, Vanessa Pincheon tied
the game at 14-14 with a three-pointer, and moments later, Paige
McFarlin gave the Trojans the lead back at 18-16. Over the final five
minutes of the first half, Trevecca out-scored the Cougars 11-, taking
a 29-20 lead into the break. In the second half, Trevecca never
trailed, and the Cougars got no closer than nine points, as the Trojans
pulled away to the 69-46 win.
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Four players were in
double-figures for the Trojans, with Abby Lawson leading the way with
16 points. Casey Pigue scored 14 in the game and Jennifer Bognar and
Paige McFarlin each chipped in 10. Angelica Sails led the Trojans with
seven rebounds, Casey Attebery notched five assists, and Lawson and
Pigue each dished out four helpers.
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As a team, the Trojans
shot 30-for-60 (50%) from the floor, 4-for-13 (30.8%) from long range,
and 5-for-10 (50%) from the charity stripe. Trevecca forced 27
turnovers, including 16 steals, in the game.
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The Trojans will
stay on the road Thursday versus Blue Mountain
(Miss.) College (3-11, 0-3) at 8 p.m.
The final game of the team's stretch of four games in eight days is
back at Moore Gym with Cumberland University
(6-11, 2-3) visiting on Saturday
(Jan. 24) at 4 p.m.