PHILIPPI, W.Va. - The Trevecca Nazarene University (13-15), the fifth-seed at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships, lost 68-63 to top-seeded and regular season champion Alderson Broaddus University (21-7) in the semifinals at the Rex Pyles Arena.

When Malcom Tatum, the G-MAC Player of the Year, took the opening tip and jammed to start at 10-0 run for the Battlers, it looked like ABU would ease their way to the championship game. 

Byron Sanford (JR/Louisville, KY), Tyrell Corlew (JR/Louisville, KY), and the rest of the Trojans did not cave. In fact, the Trojans dominated the first half after that opening flurry. 
Trevecca replied with a 9-0 run to start with and continued that trend with a 29-12 run that gave them a 29-22 lead. 

After tying the game at 17-17 with 11:49 to go, Tyrell Corlew buried his fourth three-pointer of the first half to get the Trojans the lead for the first time (20-17) with 10:55 left in the half. 

With 6:49 left in the half, Matt Gamberoni (JR/Mulhouse, France) scored in the paint to push Trevecca's lead to nine (34-25). Unfortunately the Battlers locked up the Trojans for the rest of the first half, limiting the visitors to just two points the rest of the half while scoring nine, cutting the Trojans lead to just two, 36-34, at the break.

Tyrell Corlew drilled his fifth three-pointer with 16:10 left in the game, giving the Trojans 45-42 lead. A moment later Byron Sanford scored to put the Trojans up 47-44 with 14:57 left. It was then that the top-seeded Battlers caught fire, scoring 11 straight to take a 55-47 lead with 9:58 to go. After Trevecca cut the lead to five (55-50), ABU pulled away by 10 (63-53) with 4:49 to go, equaling their largest lead of the game. 

The Trojans could not fully recover from that margin this time. Trevecca did get the ABU advantage to just four points (65-61) with 1:08 remaining, but their shot had gone too cold to fully close the gap and saw the Battlers move on to the championship game with a five-point 68-63 victory. 

ABU outscored Trevecca 16-8 in the paint in the second half. They also had a 6-0 edge in bench scoring in the final 20 minutes. 

ABU is now 5-0 versus Trevecca. 

The Trojans season comes to an end, but there are no seniors on this years roster.

Trevecca improved from four to seven conference wins this year. Trevecca finished with 13 wins, nearly doubling the win total from a  year ago. 
Bryon Sanford scored 21 while Tyrell Corlew (15) and Matt Gamberoni (13) also reached double figures in scoring. Sanford added five rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Corlew hit on 5-of-9 from three point range. Gamberoni produced a double-double with 14 rebounds and gadded two blocks. Percy Blade (SO/Louisville, KY) scored collected 11 rebounds and added six points. 

After shooting 43% (13-30) from the field and 54% (7-13) from three-point range in the first half, the Trojans went for much of the second half. Trevecca hit just 8-of-33 and 3-of-11 respectively in the second half while ABU shot 50% (12-24) from the field in the second half and hit 3-of-6 from deep. 

Trevecca dominated the board 40-31. Trevecca hit 11-of-13 from the foul line. 

Richard Lemon led ABU with 21 points and added seven rebounds. Trevecca held G-MAC Player of the Year Malcom Tatum to just seven points.