CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team defeated host Cedarville University 73-72 in overtime in the 2017 Great Midwest Athletic Conference opener. The road win came in the Callan Athletic Center on the Yellow Jackets campus. Trevecca is 2-1 at the Callan Center this year as the Trojans played in the Cedarville pre-conference classic early in the season.

GAME ESSENTIALS

FINAL SCORE: Trojans 73, Yellow Jackets 72 OT

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca (4-11, 1-0 G-MAC), Cedarville University (5-8, 0-1 G-MAC)   

LOCATION: Cedarville, OH | Callan Athletic Center

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The Trojans are on a four-game win streak in the series, but Cedarville owns a 7-6 edge in the all-time series

Teams are schedule for a return meeting in Nashville at the Trojan Fieldhouse on February 18th

GAME CHRONICLE

Trevecca opened with a 7-0 run, fueled by four from Percy Blade (SR/Louisville, KY) and a three from Jacob Williams (JR/Lebanon, TN)

Cedarville took their first lead (18-17) with 8:10 left in the first half

Cedarville led 22-17 at the 6:50 mark, but the game went to the half tied 29-29

The Jackets led 40-39 with 15:13 remaining, but TNU used a 17-0 run to take a 58-42 lead with 9:10 left in the game

The Yellow Jackets answered with a 17-1 run to tie the game at 59-59 with 3:30 left

The game went to overtime tied 67-67

In overtime Cedarville scored the first four points, but the the Trojans held them to just one point over the final 4:19 while scoring seven for the 73-72 win  

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

TNU shot 50% from the field (13-26) and three-point (5-10) range in the second half while hitting 70% (7-10) from the free throw line

Trevecca hit just 1-12 from three-point range in the first half

Cedarville outrebounded TNU 46-40 and outscored TNU in the paint 34-26 and 19-4 off the bench

Trevecca outscored CU 15-14 off turnovers and 19-16 on second chance scoring

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Jacob Williams with 23, Percy Blade with 20, and Devin Whitfield (FR/Lipscomb, AL) with 15 combined for 58 of the Trojans 73 points

Williams and Blade each grabbed a team-high eight rebounds with Blade leading with four assists

Williams led the team with two steals and hit five of 11 from deep

WHAT'S NEXT

Trevecca remains on the road Saturday (Jan. 7) in Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) at Ohio Valley University (0-10, 0-1 G-MAC). TNU leads the all-time series with OVU 6-1. The teams played last, a TNU win, in the 2016 G-MAC Tourney at Kentucky Wesleyan. OVU's only win in the series came during TNU's last visit to Vienna, WV in 2016.

The first home date in 2017 is January 12th when Malone University (4-7, 0-1 G-MAC), 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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