Trojan News

BATESVILLE, Ark. - The Trevecca women's basketball team (7-11, 3-3 TranSouth) lost 67-58 on the road at #RV Lyon College (15-4, 4-1) on Thursday night at Becknell Gym. Trevecca rallied from 20 down to pull to within five, but couldn't completely close the gap. Freshman Kayla Biles led Trevecca with 20 points in just her sixth game for the Trojans. The former Miss Basketball finalist joined the Trojans for the second semester.

Lyon opened the game with an 8-0 run and led 13-2 with 11:25 to go in the first half. With 9:42 remaining in the half Lyon led 16-4, Trevecca used an 8-2 run to cut the Scots lead to six (18-12) points. Lyon extended the lead to double figures again, eventually leading by 14 point (35-21) with 1:18 to go in the half. Trevecca cut the lead to just nine (35-26) at the half.

With 18:22 to go in the game Lyon's lead remained at nine (39-30), but the Scots rolled off a 15-4 to push the lead to 20 points at 54-34 with 13:20 to go. The Scot lead was still 20 points (56-36) with 12:32 to go when the Trojan offense emerged. Trevecca cut the Lyon lead to just five points (61-56) with 1:03 to go, outscoring the home team 20-5 during the stretch. Ragland scored six and Lauren Wasson five in the run for Trevecca. Lyon ended the Trojan run and held on for the 67-58 win over the Trojans. It was the third straight win for Lyon in the series, Trevecca had won 10 straight prior to losing the last three.

"We have started slow a in a lot of games this season and obviously we are working to jump-start our team from the beginning," commented Trevecca coach Gary Van Atta. "We had a great run when we were down by 20 points and cut it to five, we just have to find a way to have that run earlier in the game. Coming from behind takes a great deal out of you."

Van Atta continued, "I really enjoy coaching this team and the effort is there most of the time, we need to get that effort for 40 minutes. We can do a better job of scrapping for lose balls and taking better care of the ball."

Kayla Biles scored a career-high 20 points and was joined in double figure scoring by Anna Mitchell who scored 15. Rachel Raby and Rachel Bollinger each grabbed a team-high five rebounds. Bollinger had a team-high three steals and scored six points. Trevecca shot 41% (22-53) from the field, 25% (3-12) from three-point range, and 65% (11-17) from the foul line.

Lyon was led in scoring by 18 points from Phagen Altom. The Scots won the rebounding battle 40-34. Both teams scored 32 points in the second half.

The Trojans are off for a week, and then will hit the road again for a matchup at #3 Union (18-2, 5-1 TranSouth) Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. at Fred DeLay Gymnasium in Jackson, Tenn.

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