NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University women's basketball team (19-11) earned a trip to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. The Trojans are the eighth seed at the 2024 Midwest Regional.
 
Trevecca faces the top seed and region host Grand Valley State University. The Trojans and Lakers have never met in women's basketball.

Game times and ticket information will be released at a later time.
 
Grand Valley has one national championship in women's basketball, taking the title for the 2005-2006 season. This is their 19th trip to the NCAA postseason. This is their ninth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships.
 
The Midwest Region is set for the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.  

As announced by the NCAA on Sunday night (March 10), No. 8 seed Trevecca (19-11) takes on No. 1 seed Grand Valley State (29-2). The Lakers are ranked No. 2 nationally. he No. 1-ranked Eagles (30-1) will play in the Midwest Regional tournament at Grand Valley State, starting on Friday (March 15).  

The three other quarterfinals are second seed and No. 1 nationally ranked Ashland University (30-1) vs. No. 23-ranked and seventh seed Drury (25-6), fourth seed Northern Michigan (21-9) vs. fifth seed Kentucky Wesleyan (21-6), and third seed Ferris State (22-5) vs. sixth seed Lewis (23-8).

The Midwest Regional is traditionally tough with several national championships represented in the field. Ashland is the defending national champion and have just one loss on the season. Their lone loss the last two season is to third seed Ferris State. Grand Valley is ranked No. 2 nationally and the top seed. They have two losses on the year, one to Ohio State University and the other is to Ferris State. Ashland has three national titles. Grand Valley has a national title. Drury has reached the championship game twice since 2004. In addition to their three titles, Ashland has reached the championship game two other times. 
 
MIDWEST REGIONAL GAME COVERAGE | LIVE VIDEO / LIVE STATS
*Game times and ticket information will be released at a later time.
Trevecca reached the 2024 Midwest Regional on the back of a 19-win season and taking out Northwood University, the Great Midwest third seed, on the road in the G-MAC Quarterfinals. They followed the road win up with reaching the G-MAC Finals for the second year in a row with a semifinal round win over seventh seed Malone University. It was the first win for Trevecca over Malone, the Pioneers won the first 10 meetings in the series.  
 
Trevecca was ranked seventh in final regular season region ranking last week.
 
The Midwest Regional begins with the quarterfinal round on Friday, March 15. The regional semifinals will be on Saturday (March 16), and the regional championship game will be Monday (March 18). 
 
2024 MIDWEST REGION FIELD

1	Grand Valley	GLIAC	29-2	Won GLIAC Tourney
2	Ashland University	G-MAC	30-1	Win G-MAC Tourney
3	Ferris State	GLIAC	22-5	Lost in GLIAC Semifinal
4	Northern Michigan	GLIAC	21-9	Lost in GLICA Finals
5	Kentucky Wesleyan	G-MAC	21-6	Lost in G-MAC Quarterfinals
6	Lewis University	GLVC	23-8	Won GLVC Tourney
7	Drury University	GLVC	25-6	Lost in GLVC Finals
8	Trevecca Nazarene	G-MAC	19-11	Lost in G-MAC Finals

The Midwest Region participants are selected with automatic qualifiers come from the winners of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The other five teams are chosen as at-large entries from the 37 teams in the Midwest Region eligible for postseason play – G-MAC (13), GLVC (14), and GLIAC (10). 

Trevecca NCAA Rankings
Karen Booker Bio
NCAA History/Records
 
TREVECCA GREAT MIDWEST POSTSEASON HISTORY

SEASON	SEED	RESULT	RECORD
2012-13	1	Finals	1-1
2013-14	1	Finals	2-1
2014-15	2	Semifinal	0-1
2015-16	5	Semifinal	1-1
2018-19	8	Quarterfinal	0-1
2020-21	7	Quarterfinal	0-1
2022-23	3	Finals	2-1
2023-24	6	Finals	2-1
			8-8

 

TREVECCA GREAT MIDWEST POSTSEASON HISTORY NOTES

2012-13 In its first season in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, the Trojans won the regular season title and hosted the first G-MAC Championships at Trojan Fieldhouse. Trevecca beat Central State University in the semifinals before falling to Urbana University in the title game.

2013-14 In year two of the Great Midwest, Trevecca won the regular season and host honors for the championships. Trevecca defeated Central State University in the tournament opener, this time in the quarterfinal round. In the semifinals, Trevecca defeated Ursuline College. Kentucky Wesleyan College knocked off Trevecca in the title game.

2014-15 Trevecca earned the second seed at the G-MAC Championships, hosted by Cedarville University. Trevecca received a bye in the quarterfinals but lost to third-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan College in the semifinals.

2015-16 Trevecca entered the Great Midwest Championships as the fifth seed and upset Davis & Elkins College in the quarterfinals before falling to top-seeded Ursuline College in the semifinals.

2018-19 Trevecca reached the postseason championships for the first time in three years as the eighth seed. Top-seed Walsh University ended the Trojan's season in the quarterfinals.

2020-21 After a year away, due to COVID-19, the Trojans returned to the Great Midwest Championships as the seventh seed. Second-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan College defeated the Trojans in the quarterfinals.

2022-23 Trevecca reached the Great Midwest Championships as the third seed and surprised almost everyone advancing to the title game. Trevecca beat sixth-seed Walsh University in the quarterfinals at Trojan Fieldhouse. In the semifinals at Ashland's Kates Gym, TNU defeated second seed Kentucky Wesleyan College. In the Finals, undefeated and No. 1 Ashland University ended Cinderella's run.   But, Trevecca advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history. Trevecca, the fifth seed, advanced to the semifinals with a quarterfinal win over fourth-seeded Michigan Tech University. Trevecca's run finally ended at the hands of the eventual undefeated national champions, No. 1 Ashland.

2023-24 Trevecca pulled the road upset as the sixth seed, they won on the road in the Great Midwest Quarterfinals at third-seed Northwood University. TNU is 4-0 all-time versus Northwood.   Trevecca defeated seventh seed Malone University in the semifinals on Friday earning a spot in the Great Midwest Finals for the fourth time overall and second season in a row. It was the first ever win over the Pioneers who had taken the W in the first 10 meetings.   No. 1 Ashland University didn't waste time dashing the Trojans hopes for their first Great Midwest Championships title with a 33-11 second quarter run. The Eagles are now 30-1 on the year and are 8-0 all-time against the Trojans.

 
CARTER / WILKEN MAKE GREAT MIDWEST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Keeley Carter and Faith Wilken were honored with selection to the 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference All-Tournament team. Carter averaged 24.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the tournament while adding 14 assists, a block, and six steals. Wilken averaged 13.3 points and 3.3 rebound per game while adding four assists, three blocks, and two steals. Wilken hit 7-for-18 from three (38.9%).
 
CARTER / WILKEN MAKE GREAT MIDWEST ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
The 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference team includes TNU's Keeley Carter on the first team and Faith Wilken on the second team.
 
Carter is the fourth leading scorer in all of NCAA Division II at 21.3 points per game. This year, she leads the Great Midwest averaging 21.3 points per game and is averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Carter is shooting 48.2% (200-415) from the field, 39.2% (38-97) from three-point range, and 83.2% (159-191) from the foul line.
 
In addition to leading the G-MAC in scoring Carter is second in three-point field goal percentage, second in free throw percentage, third in rebounding, fourth in assists, seventh in field goal percentage, and eighth in assist/turnover ratio.
 
For Wilken, she is averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game. She's shooting 41.3% (88-213) from the field, 33.6% (42-125) from three-point range, and 83.3% (35-42) from the foul line.
 
The senior guard tied a school record in the NCAA era with seven made three-pointers in a game. A record broken later in the season when her teammate and sister hit eight three-pointers in a game.
 
2023-24 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
KEELEY CARTER
Four times, including three consecutive weeks during the conference season, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference selected Carter as the Player of the Week (02/19, 02/12, 02/05, 12/11).
 
FAITH WILKEN
Wilken was honored by the Great Midwest Athletic Conference as their Player of the Week (01/29) once this season and earned the state-wide all-division Tennessee Sports Writer's Association Player of the Week (01/03) award once.
 
SEASON TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NOTES
KEELEY CATER 2023-2024 SEASON NOTES 
Carter has scored in double figures in 29 of the 30 games played this season with nine (9) double-double games (points/rebounds).
 
One of those double-double nights provided Carter with another piece of history, she tied the NCAA era single game rebound record with 17 rebounds against Kentucky Wesleyan.
 
She has scored 20+ points in 17 games this year and 30+ points in three games, not including the 37 against APSU in an exhibition game.
 
KEELEY CARTER CAREER NOTES
Her career numbers are already one for the record books and once her career is over, even more records will have her name beside them. 
 
Headed to the Great Midwest Semifinals, she has scored 1,834 career points. To put that into perspective, only Jennifer Wilson, a four-time All-American and member of the Trevecca Hall of Fame, has scored more points. Carter already holds the NCAA D2 era career scoring record. Jennifer Wilson holds the all-time (NAIA/NCAA) record with 2,109 points.
 
While Carter's scoring stands out most to many, her other numbers bely what is typical of high scoring basketball players. It is hard to find many in the history of the game who have scored 1800+ points and have 600+ rebounds. But Carter has that and more, she has 671 career rebounds. Second only to Rachel Raby (724) in the D2 era and is fourth on the all-time list. Jennifer Bognar has the most All-time (743).
 
So, you score a lot of points and grab a lot of rebounds, you probably don't have time or energy for much more. Not Carter. Her 329 assists are the most in the NCAA era.
 
Her numbers do not stop impressing there, she also has 138 steals, fourth most in the NCAA era and her 55 career blocks place her in the top five in the D2 era.
 
Carter has scored in double figures in 80 of her last 82 games and in 93 of her 98 career games.
 

YEAR	Double Point Games	Double Reb. Games	Double Double	20+ Point Games	30+ Point Games
20-21	11 (of 12)	4	4	4
21-22	22 (of 24)	3	3	11
22-23	31 (of 32)	2	2	11
23-24	28 (of 29)	9	9	17	3
TOTAL	93 (of 98)	18	18	43	3

 
Her 21.3 points per game average this season has pushed her career average to 18.7. Those two current averages, season and career, is the highest scoring average in each category in school history, NAIA or NCAA.
 
Her current career rebound average, 6.8 per game, is ranked second in the D2 era and rank her fifth All-time (NAIA/NCAA).
 
Her career assists average is 3.4 per game and currently ranks second in the NCAA era, sixth All-time including the NAIA era.
 
Carter set the NCAA era made field goals record last season but is now fourth on the all-time list. In the 2024 Great Midwest Finals she became the all-time (NAIA/NCAA) made free throws record holder. She hit 14 in the championship game to reach 497 career made free throws, passing Mariska Reed atop the all-time list.
 
Her career three-point percentage is .359 is the highest in the NCAA era when she finishes her career.
 
CARTER SINGLE GAME SCORING RECORD
When it comes to single game scoring, her numbers continue to impress. She owns the all-time school record with a 39-point game earlier this season at Lake Erie. She also scored 37 vs Austin Peay State University, but won't count in the official records because the game counted as an exhibition for Trevecca, despite the game being the inaugural regular season game for the Govs in their new downtown arena.
 
MORE ON FAITH WILKEN
Wilken, who played for Ron Brock at Page High School, produced a career high 27 points against Lake Erie and added 13 rebounds for a double-double. She hit what was then a school record tying seven three-pointers.
 
The Nolensville, Tenn. native scored in double figures in 14 of her 21 games so far this season. She scored 20 or more points in three games this season.
 
Despite not playing several games in the first semester, Wilken has already reached a career high in points (278), steals (45), blocks (23), free throws made (40), and made field goals (96). She tied currently for the highest rebound average and has her second-best season scoring average.
 
The elder Wilken sister has 765 career points and 413 rebounds. She's hit 118 career three pointers and has 112 steals.
 
LILI WILKEN NOTES
Lili Wilken continues to expand her Trevecca resume in year two.
 
She has scored in double figures 16 times this year with a season high 26 against Cedarville when she hit eight three-pointers. She scored 20+ points twice.
 
Wilken grabbed a piece of history recently, knocking down and NCAA era record eight three-pointers. The sharp-shooting exhibition came on the road in a game at Cedarville. The performance ties her in the all-time record book with KC Van Atta who hit eight during the NAIA era.
 
The Nolensville, Tenn. native and Page High School star, is already well on her way to 1000 career points. She enters the Great Midwest finals with 637 career points. She's already hit 107 career three pointers and dished out 139 assists.
 
In the meeting with Cedarville in Nashville, Wilken had her season high in rebounding with seven.
 
She had eight steals in the Trojans win over Northwood in the G-MAC Quarterfinals. She had nine assists against Northwood in the regular season meeting.
 
She hit three or more three-pointers in ten games.
 
KONNOR GAMBRELL NOTES
The graduate transfer is averaging 12.2 points per game and already has 366 points and has 151 rebounds and 51 steals.
 
Gambrell scored in double figures 23 times this season and had a season high 20 against Tiffin.
 
Gambrell had two double-doubles, the first was a 15 point and 14 rebounds effort against nationally ranked Drury.
 
Her other double-double, was a 14 point and 11 rebound effort against the Timberwolves of Northwood in the G-MAC Quarterfinals.
 
She had nine games with three or more steals.
 
AMAYA THOMAS NOTES
Freshman Amaya Thomas has continued to come on this season.
 
She's scored in double figures four times this season and had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Lake Erie in Nashville.
 
KOR FORNESA LIU NOTES
Liu has scored in double figures 13 times with a season high 21 against Kentucky Wesleyan College.
 
The senior scored 20+ twice this year and has the highest field goal percentage, shooting 54.4% from the field.
 
Liu has four games with double figure rebounds and is averaging 6.2 rebounds per game.
 
She had a season high 11 rebounds against Hillsdale.
 
*Number reflect ranking prior to G-MAC semifinals round.

NCAA Division II – Active Career Leaders

Keeley Carter

No. 4 – Scoring Average (18.7 ppg) No. 4 – Free Throws Made (497) No. 13 – Scoring (1,834 points) No. 14 – Free Throw Percentage (82.4%) No. 22 – Field Goals Made (622)

 

NCAA DIVISION II – 2023-24 RANKINGS

Team

No. 14 – Scoring Offense (75.6 ppg) No. 20 – Three-point Percentage (34.9%) No. 27 – Field Goal Percentage (44.2%)

NCAA DIVISION II – 2023-24 RANKINGS

Individuals

Keeley Carter No. 4 – Scoring Average (21.3 ppg) No. 9 – Free Throws (174) No. 11 – Field Goals (214)

 

GREAT MIDWEST – 2023-24 RANKINGS

Team

No. 1 – Blocks (3.67 bpg) No. 1 – Offensive Rebounds (13.0 rpg) No. 2 – Scoring Offense (75.6 ppg) No. 2 – Field Goal Percentage (44.2%) No. 2 – Free Throw Percentage (74.9%) No. 3 – Scoring Margin (9.2 ppg) No. 3 – Rebounding (38.3 rpg) No. 3 – Three-point Percentage (34.9%) No. 3 – Turnover Margin (2.7) No. 4 – Steals (9.37 spg) No. 4 – Scoring Margin (7.5)

GREAT MIDWEST – 2023-24 RANKINGS

Individuals

Keeley Carter No. 1 – Scoring Average (21.3 ppg) No. 2 – Free Throw Percentage (83.3%) No. 3 – Rebounding (7.9 rpg) No. 4 – Assists (3.4 apg) No. 6 – Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.1) No. 7 – Field Goal Percentage (47.3%) No. 16 – Steals (1.6 spg) No. 20 – Three Point Field Goals Per Game (1.4)   Faith Wilken No. 2 – Steals (2.1 spg) No. 2 – Blocks (1.1 bpg) No. 2 – Three Point Field Goals Per Game (2.2) No. 5 – Three Point Percentage (34.1%) No. 8 – Scoring Average (13.2 ppg) No. 13 – Rebounding (5.9 rpg)   Kor Fornesa Liu No. 11 – Rebounding (6.2 rpg)   Konnor Gambrell No. 10 – Steals (1.7 spg) No. 13 – Scoring Average (12.2 ppg) No. 17 – Blocks (0.6 bpg) No. 20 – Rebounding (5.0 rpg)   Lili Wilken No. 3 – Three Point Percentage (35.6%) No. 5 – Three Point Field Goals Per Game (2.0) No. 17 – Assists (2.4 apg)   Monique Emelifeonwu No. 13 – Blocks (0.7 bpg)

 
SUCCESS RETURNS TO THE PURPLE AND WHITE
The Trevecca women's program had a long run of success during their NAIA years, including a trip to the national championship game in 2008. The team continued their winning ways early in the transition to NCAA Division II and the Great Midwest. Trevecca hosted the first two G-MAC Championships after winning the first two regular season championships.
 
The last few years the program didn't continue those winning ways. When Karen Booker took over the program last year, she returned the winning ways and in a big way. That success has continued into her second season. Below is a look at the success the last two seasons as compared to the previous seven.
 

YEAR	OVERALL
2022-23	19-11
2023-24	22-10
TOTAL	41-21

Trevecca won just 58 overall games (8.28 games per season) in the previous seven seasons.
 

YEAR	G-MAC
2022-23	13-7
2023-24	15-5
TOTAL	28-12

Trevecca won just 45 G-MAC games (6.42 games per season) in the previous seven seasons.
 

YEAR	HOME
2022-23	10-4
2023-24	14-0
TOTAL	24-4

Trevecca won just 36 home games (5.14 games per season) in the previous seven seasons.