OAKLAND CITY, Ind. – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball opened the 2017 portion of their schedule with a non-conference road tilt at Oakland City University in the Tichenor Athletic Center, The Mighty Oaks rallied to beat the Trojans in their first-ever meeting, 94-87.

GAME ESSENTIALS

FINAL SCORE: Mighty Oaks 94, Trojans 87

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca (3-7, 0-0 G-MAC), Oakland City University (6-5, Independent)

LOCATION: Oakland City, Ind. | Tichenor Athletic Center

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

First-ever meeting for Trevecca and Oakland City in women's basketball

OCU is an independent NCAA Division II program

GAME CHRONICLE

Trevecca opened with a 5-0 run, but OCU led 8-4 with 6:28 to go in the quarter

Trevecca scored 16 straight for a 21-8 lead with 3:44 left in the first

Trevecca led 25-20 after one quarter of play

A Megan Kilburn (SR/Summertown, TN) 5-0 run put TNU up 10 (41-31) with 3:10 left in 2nd quarter

The teams each scored 24 in the second, Trevecca led 49-44 at the half

Sarah Raby (SR/Lynchburg, TN) scored the opening basket of the 3rd for a 7-point (51-44) TNU lead

A 15-6 OCU run put the Mighty Oaks up two (59-57) with 7:04 left in 3rd

TNU used a 10-3 run to regain a 5-point (67-61) lead

OCU answered with a 10-3 run to lead 72-70 after three

Oakland City topped Trevecca 28-21 in the third quarter  

The OCU run extended to 20-5 for an 8-point (82-72) lead with 8:30 left in game

A 9-1 TNU run put the Trojans up 87-86 with 2:01 left

The Mighty Oaks shutout the Trojans with a 7-0 run to the finish

The Mighty Oaks outscored TNU 22-17 in the fourth, 50-38 in second half

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

The 87 points is the most for the Trojans this season

Five Trojans and five Mighty Oaks scored in double figures

Trevecca hit 13 (of 24 – 54%) three-pointers, eight (of 12 – 67%) in the first half

TNU shot 46% (35-76) from the field and 4-of-7 from the foul line

TNU outrebounded OCU 38-35 with a 12-8 edge in second chance scoring

Points in the paint went to TNU 42-22, points off turnover (23-18) and bench scoring (36-25) went to OCU

OCU stroked 47% (27-58) from the field, 61% (14-23) from three, and 87% (26-30) from the line

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Megan Kilburn scored 25 with five assists and four rebounds hitting 10-of-14

Briana McDonald (SR/Tullahoma, TN) scored 18 with 4-of-7 from three

Sarah Raby marked a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, two blocks, and three steals

Adi Hale (SO/Lexington, TN) scored 11 and Kiersten Hunter (FR/Lilburn, GA) added 10, Hale collected seven rebounds

Chelsea Jellison led OCU with 20 points

WHAT'S NEXT

Trevecca heads to Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) play on January 5th at Cedarville University (6-5) and on the 7th at Ohio Valley University (4-6). Cedarville owns a 5-3 edge in the series, with five of the last six going to CU. TNU leads OVU 5-1 in the all-time series, but OVU took the last meeting, also in Vienna, WV.

The first home date in 2017 is January 12th when Malone University (7-4), a new member of the G-MAC this season, comes to visit the Trojan Fieldhouse for the first time and starts a five-game home stand for the Trojans.

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