SALEM, W. Va. – Nine different players scored Saturday afternoon as the Trevecca Nazarene (12-7, 9-1 G-MAC) women's basketball team defeated Salem International (4-15, 0-9 G-MAC) 63-41 in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference game at the T. Edwards Davis Gymnasium. It's the sixth straight win for the Trojans.

The win helps the Trojans maintain a first place tie in the G-MAC standings with Kentucky Wesleyan. Trevecca will host the Panthers in a battle for first place in the G-MAC.

The 41 points allowed by TNU was the lowest given up by the purple-and-white this season.

The Trojans opened the first half with a trio of three-pointers and a two-point bucket from Anna Mitchell to take an 11-0 lead at the first media timeout.

Salem International would fight back to cut the Trojan lead to six points (24-18) after a A'Desha Hobba jumper with 2:48 left. But TNU would close the first half on an 8-0 run. Haley Felker scored three points while Mitchell and Christina Curtner tallied five points.

Both teams struggled in the first half shooting. TNU shot 34.2% (13-of-38) while SIU was 8-of-28 (28.6%). The Trojans took a 32-18 lead into the break.

Mitchell led Trevecca with seven first-half points while Felker added six points and seven boards.

In the second half, TNU would maintain its double-digit lead until a 10-0 Tiger run capped off by a Whitney McCargo jumper brought the score to 38-34 Trevecca with 10:48 left.

The pressure wouldn't get to the Trojans who reeled off 20 straight points as Paige Baugher and Helen Mitchner hit back-to-back three-point shots to spark the massive game-changing run. The 20-0 spurt spanned over seven minutes and Trevecca took a 58-34 lead with 3:06 left.

Mitchell scored a team-high 11 points for TNU and grabbed eight rebounds. Curtner added 10 points, five rebounds and a team-high five assists. Felker chipped in with six points and seven rebounds while Kaci Britt Bell totaled seven points, eight rebounds and three assists. Seven different Trojans scored at least six points.

TNU held a 26-18 advantage in paint points, bench points (23-14), second-chance points (14-7) and converted 21 Salem turnovers into 28 points.

The win sets up a crucial game next Saturday (Feb. 8) against Kentucky Wesleyan (14-5, 9-1 G-MAC) for Trevecca. The Trojans edged the Panthers 61-60 three weeks ago and can take a big step forward in the conference standings with a win next week.