NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Trevecca women's basketball team (12-9, 9-2 G-MAC) added a fifth game to their winning streak, 69-60 over No. 23 Cedarville (21-3, 11-1 G-MAC) on Thursday, February 12, giving the Yellow Jackets their first conference loss. (Watch Replay)

Game Highlights (Video) (Bell Highlights)

Kaci Britt Bell (Postgame Interview)

Gary Van Atta (Postgame Interview)

The Trojans are in the fieldhouse again on Saturday, February 14 to host Central State (7-15, 4-8 G-MAC). They are 7-0 in the overall series against Central State and look to increase those numbers. (WATCH LIVE / LIVE STATS)

The win ties the Trojans in the all-time series with the Yellow Jackets, three all. The win also holds the Trojans in second place in the conference with Kentucky Wesleyan (14-7, 9-2 G-MAC) and secures their G-MAC championship spot.

Trevecca scored the first basket of the game with a layup from Christina Curtner (SR/Chapel Hill, TN). Kaci Britt Bell (SR/Mt. Juliet, TN) and Haley Felker (SR/Kingston Springs, TN) would follow to give the Trojans three in a row before the Yellow Jackets would even see the board. Five more points would give the Trojans a 15-6 run into the first media and the greatest lead of the half, nine.

Cedarville closed the gap with a 16-8 run to pull to within just one point but Paige Baugher (JR/Mt. Juliet, TN) scored on a layup and was fouled and sank the free throw for a 26-22 TNU lead with 3:17 left in the half. Kaci Britt Bell added a jumper and a free throw followed by a pair of free throws from Helen Mitchner (JR/Mt. Juliet, TN) for the Trojans to close the half. Cedarville's Reagan Ryan finished out the half with a pair of free throws for a 31-26 TNU advantage.

The first five minutes of the second half would see buckets on just about every possession making it a tight contest and leading to a tie 39-39 at the 15:38 mark. Baugher and Curtner hit back to back threes to give TNU a six point lead. Cedarville cut the lead to five, but Baugher hit a three to give Trevecca its largest lead of the game (9) and that is where the lead woudl rest at the final horn, 69-60.

Kaci Britt Bell led the Trojans in scoring with 16 points. Christina Curtner added 13 points and four rebounds. Sarah Raby (SO/Lynchburg, TN) and Paighe Baugher also saw four rebounds. Helen Mitchner hit double digits in scoring with 10.

Trevecca shot 24-of-55 (43.6%) from the field, 7-of-22 (31.8%) behind the arc, and 14-of-18 (77.8%) at the line. They saw 26 total rebounds to Cedarville's 41, 14 steals to Cedarville's four, and forced 21 turnovers while the Jackets forced 11.