Box Score WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - The Trevecca women's (3-5) basketball team trailed by six at the half, but No. 15 University of the Cumberlands (9-1) filled up the nets in the second half for an 82-64 victory.

The Patriots opened the game with a 5-0 run, but Trevecca answered right back with a 9-0 run that saw Lauren Wasson hit a pair of three-point baskets. Rachel Raby completed a conventional three-point play for the other three points. Trevecca would hold the lead for most of the next 10 minutes of game time. The Cumberlands regained the lead (18-17) with 7:47 to go in the half on a field goal from Jessica Upchurch. The field goal was apart of an 8-0 run that put the Patriots up 22-17. The lead surged to seven points (27-20) before Trevecca cut it to three again at 27-24. UC finished the half leading 30-24.


Neither team shot well in the first half. Trevecca was 9-36 (25%) from the field and 3-11 (27%) from three-point range. The Patriots weren't much better shooting 37% (12-32) and 23% (3-13) respectively. The second half was much better for both teams.

UC started the second half with a 7-0 run for a 37-24 lead. Trevecca cut the lead to eight (46-38) on a Anna Mitchell field goal with 12:45 remaining, but would get no closer. Trevecca did cut the lead to 10 points on several occasions, the last coming with 4:39 to go when Rachel Bollinger hit a pair of free throws for a 58-48 score.

In the second half UC outscored Trevecca 52-40 fueled by 68% (19-28) shooting from the field and 86% (6-7) from three-point range. Trevecca kept the Patriots within striking distance until the final minutes by shooting 56% (13-23) and 50% (5-10) in both categories themselves. Despite shooting 86% (12-14) from the foul line in the game, Trevecca couldn't close the gap on the hot shooting Patriots and lost 82-64.

Trevecca Head Coach Gary Van Atta was pleased with the teams effort, but the execution defensively failed in the second half. Van Atta said, "I thought we played hard, but we just gave up too many open looks in the second half. We didn't shoot well in the first half and only trailed by six at the half. They just shot the lights out in the second half, but we didn't do enough to make it hard on them to get those shots."

Van Atta continued, "They took care of home court and answered every run we made and that's what good teams do. I was proud of the way we kept battling, we've just got to find ways to make the plays to win these type of games."

Rachel Bollinger, who hit 3-6 from three-point land, led the team with 14 points. Bollinger also had two steals and hit all three free-shots. Anna Mitchell (13) and Shenita Gleaves (11) also reached double figures in scoring. Mitchell added a team-high five rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Anissa Ragland also had five rebounds. Haley Felker and Lauren Wasson both added a pair of steals.

The Patriots were led in scoring by Lauren Wombles who scored a game-high 25 points and completed the double-double with 11 rebounds.

The Patriots outrebounded Trevecca 45-22 with 16 of those coming on the offensive end, providing more second chance opportunities. For the game the Patriots shot 52% (31-60) from the field, 45% (9-20) from three-point range, and 61% (11-18) from the foul line. Trevecca finished shooting 37% (22-59) from the field, 38% (8-21) from beyond the arc, and 86% (12-14) from the charity stripe.


The team will take break for Christmas and then return to play in the Cumberland University Classic December 29-30 in Lebanon. Trevecca will face the University of the Cumberlands and Purdue-Calumet on back-to-back days.  All home basketball games are available Game Central portal - use your computer, phone, or other personal device to access the live video and audio. Most road games are aired on 102.1 the Light (Nashville), 101.9 FM (Clarksville), and 830 AM (Nashville)