FINDLAY, Ohio – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball team (11-7, 7-4 G-MAC) picked up a road win versus the University of Findlay (9-11, 5-7 G-MAC), 76-57, on Thursday evening in Niekamp Arena.
With the win, the Trojan sweep the season series against UF, having defeated the Oilers 77-68 to open conference play on November 28. The Trojans have won the previous four contests against Findlay and five of the last six. Findlay narrowly holds the 7-6 lead in the all-time series.
BREAKING IT DOWN
After surrendering the opening basket of the game, the Trojans locked in defensively.
Lili Wilken and
Faith Wilken combined for the first five points for Trevecca who used a 10-0 run to separate in the middle minutes of the first quarter. The Trojans looked at a 15-7 advantage with 3:58 left in the quarter and held a 19-9 lead after the first.
The Trojans built upon their first quarter offensive effort with 20 second quarter points. In fact, in the final four minutes of the half, the Trojans produced an 8-0 run to take a 39-20 lead into the locker room.
Trevecca's defense did not provide Findlay with much room to work with all night long. In the third, the Oilers managed just four points in the first five minutes of action. The Trojans stretched their lead to 22 at 57-35 after three quarters.
Down the stretch in the fourth quarter, Findlay cut ever so slightly into the Trevecca advantage, but a strong closing effort led by
Keeley Carter's five points in the fourth helped the Trojans to the 76-57 win.
KEY PLAYERS
Seniors
Keeley Carter and
Faith Wilken stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points apiece. Carter collected six rebounds and five assists while Wilken added six rebounds and three steals. Konner Gambrell also reached double digits with 14 points and seven rebounds.
TEAM TIME
Trevecca shot 47.6% from the field and made nearly half their 3-pointers at 47.4%. The Trojans shot 63.6% at the free-throw line. Trevecca grabbed 10 more rebounds than Findlay (41-31) and more than doubled the hosts in assists (20-9).
UP NEXT
The Trojans head to Columbus, Ohio to square off against Ohio Dominican University (6-14, 3-9 G-MAC) on Saturday, February 3 at 12:00 pm. The Trojans trail the all-time series with the Panthers 7-4 after knocking off ODU in Trojan Fieldhouse in last season's only meeting.
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