Box Score NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball team (4-12, 1-6 Great Midwest) earned its first Great Midwest victory 54-47 over Alderson Broaddus University (6-8, 3-4 Great Midwest) in Trojan Fieldhouse on Thursday.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
With the win, the Trojans pushed their advantage to 12-1 after 13 all-time meetings, which includes five straight wins in the series over the Battlers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a back and forth effort in the first half, the Trojans earned their first victory in 2020 with a strong close in the second half. Bayleigh Carmichel connected for the first two of her game-most six 3-pointers in the opening quarter. After playing to a 14-14 tie with the Battlers in the first, the Trojans outscored ABU in the second, third and fourth quarters. In the second quarter Carmichel connected for two more 3-pointers as the Trojans were two points better than the Battlers to take a 31-29 lead into the halftime break. The third quarter saw Trevecca outscore Alderson Broaddus 13-9, as back-to-back 3-pointers from Carmichel gave the Trojans a 41-32 advantage with 4:51 to play in the third. Though the Battlers managed to disrupt the Trojan offense late in the third and into the fourth quarter, the Trojans pulled away for their first G-MAC win of the season playing one point better than ABU in the fourth.
PLAYER STATS REPORT
Bayleigh Carmichel tied a career-high by connecting for six 3-pointers finishing with a team-high 20 points and four rebounds. Samantha Whiteman (10) reached double figures with clutch foul shooting (6-of-8) while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds and creating four assists. Olivia Pepperman just missed double figures (9), though she created offense with five steals and two assists.
TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN
Trevecca shot 29.4% (15-51) from the field and 33.3% (7-21) from three-point range. The rebounding battle was close, but Alderson Broaddus edged Trevecca 42-35. The Battlers maintained an efficient offensive night hitting 37.3% (19-51) from the field, 21.4% (3-14) from three-point range, and 54.5% (6-11) from the foul line.
WHAT'S NEXT
Trevecca plays the second of three January home games on Saturday when Ohio Valley (2-8, 1-6 G-MAC) visits Trojan Fieldhouse at 2 PM.
The Trojans own a 10-1 lead in the all-time series against OVU.
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