NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball team (3-7, 0-2 Great Midwest) lost a Great Midwest Athletic Conference game 86-60, to Ohio Dominican University (5-4, 1-1 Great Midwest) in Trojan Fieldhouse on Saturday.

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The fifth all-time meeting favored the Panthers who have won every game in the series. Trevecca and Ohio Dominican meet one final time on Feb. 29 to conclude the regular season.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

Alexa Fisher's 3-pointer to open the contest gave the visiting Panthers a lead they would relinquish just once when the Trojans countered with a 4-0 run. ODU held a 24-13 advantage after the first quarter. Ohio Dominican maintained its double-digit lead for most of the second quarter. The Trojans closed the gap to nine on two different 3-pointers by Annaliese Burnett (SO/Arlington, TN) (28-19) and Abbi Buck (JR/Byrdstown, TN) (33-24). The Panthers held a 47-29 lead at the break. ODU outscored TNU 18-8 to take a 65-37 advantage into the final quarter. The Trojans used a few different lineups in the fourth quarter which sparked some offense, but the Panther came away with an 86-60 win.

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

Trevecca shot 36.8% (25-68) from the field and was 7-28 (25%) from 3-point range. The Panthers collected nearly 20 more rebounds than the Trojans, 55-36 while ODU also collected more assists 15-9 and blocks 3-1.

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Annaliese Burnett led the way for the Trojans with a team-high 10 points and a team-high six rebounds. Abbi Buck connected on three 3-pointers to help out with nine points off the bench while Kaitlynn Wilks (FR/Stanford, KY) finished the afternoon with eight points and five rebounds.

WHAT'S NEXT    

Trevecca continues their home-stand with its final non-conference game of the season next Thursday, December 12 against Lane College (0-6, 0-2 SIAC).

The Trojans were victorious the only time the two squads faced one another during the 2016 season. Trevecca won a 52-47 game played in Trojan Fieldhouse.

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