Box Score LEBANON, Ill. - The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball team (1-4) dropped its fourth straight game Saturday afternoon, falling 62-47 to the University of Missouri-St. Louis (4-1). The game was played at McKendree University.
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Trevecca will host Alabama-Huntsville Monday night at 6 p.m. The Trojans beat the Chargers 61-39 in Huntsville back on November 17 for their only win of the season thus far.
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The Tritons started fast Saturday, jumping out to a 12-4 lead just over six minutes into the contest. The lead grew to 10 at 19-9, before
Paige Baugher (JR/Mt. Juliet, Tenn.)'s 3-pointer started a 7-0 Trevecca run to cut it to 19-16 with 9:01 left in the half. Â By halftime, Missouri-St. Louis still led, 26-21.
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Sarah Raby (SO/Lynchburg, Tenn.) got things started well for Trevecca after the break, scoring off an assist from
Haley Felker (SR/Kingston Springs, Tenn.) to cut the lead to 26-23 just 33 seconds into the second half. Unfortunately, the Trojans would get no closer the rest of the afternoon. The Tritons methodically began to pull away, leading by as many as 16 points on the way to the victory.
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Raby scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds, and
Helen Mitchner (JR/Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) also scored nine for Trevecca. Baugher and
Kaci Britt Bell (SR/Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) added six points apiece, and
Christina Curtner (SR/Chapel Hill, Tenn.) contributed five points, eight rebounds, and five assists.
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Tierra Snow led four Tritons in double figures with 15, Alexis Lawrence added 13, Sydney Bloch scored 11, and Jordan Fletcher contributed 10.
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Trevecca shot just 17-of-57 (29.8%) from the field, including 8-of-26 (30.8%) from 3-point range. Missouri-St. Louis wasn't much better, though, shooting just 32.8% (21-of-64) from the floor and 13.3% (2-of-15) from beyond the arc. The Tritons, however, outscored the Trojans 18-5 at the free throw line.
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The Tritons dominated the Trojans on the glass, 55-33, including a 19-6 advantage on the offensive glass that led to 17 second-chance points.