Box Score CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Trevecca (5-1) men's basketball team
fell for the first time this season to Cedarville University (4-2)
78-73 in the championship game of the 32nd Annual Cedarville
Invitational.
Michael France and
Keith Morris were named to the All-Tournament team.
Cedarville started the game with
10-2 advantage and didn't let up till the second half. The
Yellowjackets pushed their advantage to 15-4 with 14:59 remaining in
the first half. By the end of the first half Cedarville had built a
18-point (41-23) lead.
In the second half
Trevecca made several runs. With 16:34 remaining the CU lead was cut to
45-34. The Yellowjackets expanded their lead to 20 points (58-38) with
11:36 to go. With 5:54 to go Cedarville maintained a 19-point (74-55)
lead. Trevecca began a furious rally to try and loosen the Cedarville
grip on the game. With :25 seconds remaing in the game the Trojans cut
the Yellowjackets lead to just four (77-73) points. The 18-3 run was
nearly enough, but CU was able to stall the Trojan rally and claimed a
78-73 victory.
Michael France paced the Trojans with a season-high
26 points after hitting 12-19 from the field and 2-6 from three-point
range.
Keith Morris (16) and Marquise Rudollph (10) also reached double
figures. Rudolph led the team with nine rebounds and had four assists.
Morris and J.P. Nyadaro had eight rebounds apiece.
Matthew Elliott had
a team-high seven assists.
As
a team Trevecca shot 44% (32-72) from the field, 18% (3-17) from beyond
the arc, and 67% (6-9) from the foul line. Trevecca outrebounded
Cedarville 43-39. TNU had nine turnovers to seven from CU. The home
team shot 45% (27-60) from the field, 38% (9-24) from beyond the arch,
and 52% (15-29) from the foul line.
Trevecca
will host the Nazarene Classic @ Trevecca over the Thanksgiving
weekend. On Friday Trevecca will host MidAmerica Nazarene (4-2) at 7
p.m. Saturday the Trojans face Southern Nazarene (4-1) at 4 p.m.ÂÂ
All
games are broadcast over WNAZ 89.1 FM (Nashville) and WNRZ 91.5 FM
(Dickson). Games are also available over the internet. All home games
have a statistical webcast and live video - all internet features are
available at www.tnutrojans.com.
