HENDERSON, Tenn. - NAIA No. 9 Trevecca (25-6) will visit No. 1 Union University on Monday for the TranSouth Championship after defeating No. 5 Freed-Hardeman (24-8) 47-38 on Friday night in the TranSouth Semifinals. Students who present a college ID wil get into Monday's finals free in Jackson.

Trevecca held Freed-Hardeman to it's lowest point total since they scored 31 points against Auburn Montgomery in 1998. Trevecca scored the games first five points. A field goal by Jennifer Bognar and a three-point field goal from K.C. Van Atta. Trevecca continued to pull ahead and led 11-3 with 12:41 remaining in the half. The Lions took a 1-point lead (14-13 with 9:29 to go in the first half. Both teams would go scoreless until Trevecca regained the lead (15-14) with 6:26 remaining. Freed went scoreless from teh 9:29 mark until they scored with :02 remaining in the first half. Trevecca led 23-16 at the break.

Freed closed the gap to five points (26-21) with 18:12 to go in the game. Trevecca pulled away with a 7-0 run that put them ahead 33-21 with 13:57 to play. Trevecca's largest lead was 14 points (37-23) with 10:33 to go. Freed-Hardeman made a final push with a 7-1 run that close the Trojan lead to just seven points (43-36) with 2:02 to go, but the Trojans sealed the win and claimed a ticket to the TranSouth Championship game again.

K.C. Van Atta led Trevecca with 14 points. The sophomore hit 3-6 from three-point range and had two blocks and two steals. Christian Gibson added 10 points, six rebounds, and two steals. Jennifer Bognar added eight points and nine rebounds. Casey Attebery dished out five assists and had three steals.

Trevecca held the Lions to 22% (13-58) from the field and 11% (3-27) from three point range. The Lions had a 46-37 edge in rebounding, but the Lions turned the ball over more (19-15) than the Trojans.

Trevecca shot 20-55 (36%) from the field, 5-18 (28%) from three-point range, and 2-5 (40%) from the foul line. It is only the second time that Trevecca has defeated FHU in Henderson.

Trevecca advances to the conference championship game on Monday where it will face Union (Tenn.) University, a 95-65 winner over Bethel (Tenn.) tonight.  Freed-Hardeman, now 24-8 on the season, will wait to receive an at-large bid to the NAIA National Tournament than begins on Wednesday, Mar. 18, in Jackson, Tenn.

For Trevecca it will be the fifth (2007, 2006, 2002, 2000) time to play in the conference championship game. It will be the third time in four years for the team to play for the title. Trevecca is 0-4 in TranSouth Championship games. Union has won nine TranSouth tournament title, Freed has won the other three. In fact, only Union, Freed, Trevecca, and Lipscomb University have ever played in championship game since the conference formed during the 1996-1997 season Lipscomb played in the 1999 title game. 

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