ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team (1-1) beat Maryville University-St. Louis (0-2) on Saturday. The game was the final game of the 2015 GLVC/G-MAC Crossover Classic at MUSL's Moloney Arena.

Trevecca returns to action on Thursday when they host Christian Brothers University (0-1) at 7PM at the Trojan Fieldhouse. The two teams split the last two meetings during the 2012-13 season, each picking up road wins. CBU and TNU are former Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference foes from their days in the NAIA.

Trevecca will return a trip to Memphis to play the Bucs Canale Arena on December 31 at 4PM.

The Bucs are coached by Mike Nienaber, who was a longtime coach at Bethel University where he faced the Trojans many times as former conference members of the TCAC and TranSouth.

Trevecca wins for the first time in the three-game history of the series between the Saints and the Trojans.

Mac Walden (SR/Versailles, KY) opened the game with a three-point basket just 15 seconds in and the Trojans added a Byron Sanford (SR/Louisville, KY) layup 45 seconds in for 5-0 lead.

Trevecca led 13-11 with 15:25 to go in the half, but used a 8-2 run to pull ahead 21-13 with 11:43 to go. Jacob Williams (SO/Lebanon, TN) and Byron Sanford sandwiched two three-pointers around a Jalen Palm (SR/Louisville, KY) layup in the run.

A Sanford layup at the 9:23 mark pushed the Trojan lead to double digits (27-16) at 11 for the first time in the game.

Sanford hit a free throw with 4:14 left in the half to give the Trojans their largest lead of the half, 42-29, at 13 points. Trevecca's lead was six, 48-42, at the half.

Trevecca outscored the Maryville 22-16 in the paint in the first half and 8-2 on fast break scoring.

The Trojans were never able to expand their lead back to double figures in the second half, but the Saints never tied the game or took the lead in the second half.

Maryville did cut the TNU lead to just one (87-86) with three seconds remaining, but Byron Sanford sank two free throws to secure the win.

TNU shot 52.6% (30-57) from the field and hit 45.5% (10-22) from three-point range, and 73.1% (19-26) from the foul line.

Maryville outrebounded Trevecca 34-28, but turned the ball over 19 times to TNU's 11.

Byron Sanford scored 26 with seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Sanford hit 9-16 from the field and 7-10 from the line.

Jalen Palm (16), Jacob Williams (18), and Mac Walden (10) all reached double figures in scoring. Palm led the team in assists with six.