Box Score NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team (1-16, 0-11 Great Midwest) fell 77-36 to Hillsdale College (17-2, 10-2 Great Midwest) on Saturday afternoon in Trojan Fieldhouse.
THE SERIES
Hillsdale owns a 13-0 advantage over the Trojans in the all-time series.
THE FLOW
The Trojans' offense controlled the pace early on connecting on its first two shots. A Jose Waring basket and a 3-pointer from Jake Mulder gave the Trojans a 5-2 lead with 18:45 to play. Neither team scored for over two and a half minutes before the Chargers used a 5-0 run to take their first lead. After a Caleb Terry jumper tied the game at 7-7 with 14:31 to go, the Chargers' lead was never surrendered after a 3-pointer from Kyle Goessler pushed the visitors ahead 10-7. Hillsdale owned a 32-20 advantage at the halftime break after outscoring the Trojans 15-9 in the final 10 minutes of the half.
Scoring came at a premium for the Trojans in the second half. The offense was stagnant as they endured a three-and-a-half-minute scoring drought midway through the half. Trevecca managed just 16 second-half points whereas the Chargers added an additional 13 points to their first-half tally of 32 to win 77-36.
THE PLAYERS
Coming off a 21-point, 10-rebound effort on Thursday, Jose Waring secured a team-high eight points and three rebounds. Jaden Smallwood came off the bench and added five points and a team-most four rebounds.
THE TEAMS
The Trojans shot 30.4% (14-46) from the floor, 11.1% (2-18) from three-point range, and 54.5% (6-11) from the free-throw line.
UP NEXT
The Trojans challenge Lake Erie College (8-8, 5-5 Great Midwest) on Thursday at 4:30 PM.
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