NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team lost in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference game against No. 9 Kentucky Wesleyan College, 84-65, at Trojan Fieldhouse on Saturday. 

GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC MBK Standings | Stats | G-MAC Scores | D2 MBK Scores)

FINAL SCORE: Trojans 65, Panthers 84

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca (7-18, 3-11 G-MAC), Kentucky Wesleyan (26-2, 12-0 G-MAC)   

LOCATION: NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Trojan Fieldhouse 

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The Trojans are 2-8 against the Panthers losing their last four games in the series … The Panthers beat the Trojans in Owensboro on Jan. 28 86-62 to complete the season sweep

GAME CHRONICLE

The Panthers won their 24th consecutive game and finished 12-0 in the G-MAC, the first team to go undefeated in regular season G-MAC play … the lead changed 11 times in the opening 10 minutes, but an 8-0 run put the Panthers up 24-17 with 8:24 left in the half … at the 5:15 mark the Trojans had cut it to four (28-24) … the Panthers worked the lead to double digits late (42-32, :34) in the half and held a 12-point (44-32) lead the intermission … TNU cut the lead to single digits (50-41) with 16:10 left in the game, but KWC built their lead over the remainder of the second half … using a 16-5 run to reach a 20 point (66-46) lead with 7:39 left in the game, it would be their largest of the game … a 12-5 run cut the Panther lead to 13 (71-58) with 4:23 left, but the Trojans would get no closer

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

KWC outscored the Trojans 58-36 in the paint, outrebounding TNU 36-27 - helping their 13-8 second chance points advantage … KWC scored 26 points off of 20 Trevecca turnovers … Trevecca shot 48% (25-52) from the field and hit 50% (6-12) from deep

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Donovan Donaldson led TNU with 20 points while Devin Whitfield added 17 and four steals … Donaldson led TNU with five assists and added three steals … Cameron Paulding and Percy Blade each scored eight points with a team-high seven rebounds

WHAT'S NEXT  

Trevecca moves on to the 2017 G-MAC Men's Basketball Championships (2017 G-MAC Championship Home) in Owensboro, Ky. at the Owensboro Sports Center. Sixth-seeded Trevecca faces third-seeded Davis & Elkins College (12-14, 7-5 G-MAC) on Thursday morning at 11 AM. The winner will play second-seeded Alderson Broaddus University (15-13, 8-4 G-MAC) on Friday at 11 AM.

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