Box Score BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss.
- #RV Trevecca (10-9, 4-2 TranSouth)
traveled
to Blue Mountain
(Miss.) College (1-18, 0-6) and despite trailing early, came away with
a 110-99 victory. Trevecca senior Brian Oduor moved into eighth place
on the Trojan career scoring list with 25 points.
Blue Mountain came out
on fire and led by nine (17-8) before the Trojans rallied to take their
first
lead (20-19) with a 12-1 run. The Toppers answered with a 12-2 run and
led 33-24 with 8:27 to play in the half. With 7:59 to go in the half
BMC led
36-28. TNU finished the half with a 17-9 run to lead 55-45. With the
late first half run it looked like the Trojans might pull away, but the
Toppers worked the deficit down slowly in the second half and gained
the lead 69-67 with 12:34 to play. The Trojans went on an 11-0 run to
take a 78-69 lead with 10:48 to play. With 4:04 to go Blue Mountain cut
the Trojan lead to just five points at 96-91, but the Trojans were able
to secure the 110-99 win. Blue Mountain hit 12-of-42 from three-point
range to remain close.
With
is team-high 25 points, Oduor moved into eighth place on the Trevecca
career scoring list just ahead of Dan Delfendahl. Up next is Roosevelt
Burrell, who scored 1,484 career points. Tulio Yamasita (19), De'Jon
Everson (16), Christopher Harris (16), and Matthew Smigielski (10) also
scored in double figures. Oduor also had a team high 11 rebounds to
complete another double-double. Yamasita also grabbed eight boards.
Everson added a team-high five steals. As a team Trevecca shot 36-of-69
(52%) from the field, 4-of-14 (28%) from three-point range, and
34-of-46 (74%) from the foul line. Trevecca had a season high 50
rebounds.
The final game of the team's stretch of four games in eight days is
back at Moore Gym with No. 7 Cumberland University
(16-2, 6-1) visiting on Saturday (Jan. 24) at 4 p.m.
All games are broadcast over WNAZ 89.1 FM
(Nashville) and WNRZ 91.5 FM (Dickson) on the internet and all home games have
a statistical webcast - both internet features are available at www.tnutrojans.com