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Trevecca Men's Basketball | Tiffin holds off Trevecca in second half to win in Ohio

Box Score

TIFFIN, Ohio – The Trevecca Nazarene University Men's Basketball team (2-12, 2-10 Great Midwest) started strong but faltered late to drop a 70-61 result to Tiffin University (4-8, 4-8 Great Midwest) in the Gillmor Center.

The first of two matchups between the Trojans and Dragons at Tiffin this season, this was technically a home game for Trevecca as the game at Trojan Fieldhouse was postponed and relocated to the Gillmor Center. The second matchup will be played in the Gillmore Center again on February 13.

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

It was the fifth all-time between between the two programs, and Tiffin now holds the overall edge, 3-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Trojans came out firing, getting buckets from Brendan Newton, Chris Rogers, and Imani Starling to start the game on a 7-0 run. Tiffin responded on a 15-2 run to take a 15-9 lead, but the Trojans worked their way back with an Austin Wills three-pointer. From that point, it was game on the Gillmor Center. Both teams were neck-and-neck down the stretch in the first half, and the game was tied up at 26 by the final media timeout before halftime. Trevecca found buckets from Newton and Gabriel McKay to trail 32-31 at the break.

Starling, Adam Webb, and Calvin Walker got on the board early in the second half, but Tiffin jumped out to a 44-34 lead with 13:09 to play behind the high-powered shooting of Kole Hornbuckle. After trailing 47-37, Trevecca ripped off another 7-0 run with field goals from Michael Miller, Newton and McKay to get back within one possession, trailing Tiffin 47-44 with 8:28 to play. Tiffin would continue to make big shots when needed, keeping Trevecca at arms' length. By the final media timeout, Trevecca trailed 55-48. Starling knocked down a quick jumper to cut the Tiffin lead to five, but the Dragons kept pushing, re-extending the lead to 59-50 with just over a minute to play. The Dragons hit free throws down the stretch to cement a 70-61 victory, handing Trevecca its seventh consecutive loss.

PLAYER STATS BREAKDOWN

Two Trojans had double-doubles on the afternoon, as Brendan Newton led with 11 points and 10 rebounds while Imani Starling scored 10 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Adam Webb scored nine points on four of five shooting, while Gabriel McKay and Austin Wills scored eight points each. Chris Rogers added seven points and three assists.

Kole Hornbuckle led the Dragons with 19 points and seven rebounds, hitting six of his 10 attempts. Trent Williams scored seven of his eight free throws to add 15 points.

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

Trevecca scored on 43% of its field goal attempts, knocking down six of 19 three-pointers for 31.6%. Tiffin did not shoot it particularly well, hitting 35% of its field goal attempts and 22.6 of its three-point attempts, although the Dragons did hit seven three-pointers on 31 attempts.

Trevecca out-rebounded Tiffin 37-34 but turned the ball over 15 times to Tiffin's nine.

WHAT'S NEXT

The next Trevecca game is at Trojan Fieldhouse on Thursday, February 4 (7:15 PM) against Ohio Dominican University (3-5, 3-4 Great Midwest).

Links to Watch Your Trojans

Trevecca hosts Lake Erie College (0-7, 0-7 Great Midwest) on Saturday, February 6 (4:15 PM).

MORE ABOUT THE TREVECCA TROJANS

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