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02.28.2009  |  Women's Basketball  |  Viewed 602 times
LEBANON, Tenn. - NAIA No. 10 Trevecca (23-6, 12-4 TranSouth)wrapped up their regular season schedule on Saturday at Cumberland University (8-22, 4-12 TranSouth), taking the game to complete the regular season sweep 64-47.

With the win the Trojans finish third in the TranSouth Regular Season race. Trevecca will host a Quarterfinal Tournament game on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Trevecca has won nine in a row over the Bulldogs and 15 of the last 16 in the series. 

Trevecca opened the game on a 13-1 run, before the Bulldogs cut into the deficit with a 6-0 spurt. With 1:32 left in the Half, the Trojans took their largest lead of the period when Christian Gibson hit a three-pointer to make it 26-12, and at the break Trevecca led 28-15. The Trojans opened the second half with a 7-0 run to take the lead out to 20 points at 35-15, and another 7-0 run for Trevecca made the score 49-25 and gave the Trojans their largest lead of the game with 11:32 to play. Cumberland pulled to within nine points at 54-45 with 4:08 remaining, but the Trojans closed the game on a 10-2 run to take the 64-47 win.
 
K.C. Van Atta led the Trojans with 15 points in the game, and she was joined in double figures by Gibson (13), Abby Lawson (11), and Jennifer Bognar (10). Lawson grabbed a team high nine rebounds in the game, and Jennifer Bognar had seven boards, pulling to within five rebounds of Lindsey Fly's TNU career record of 728. Gibson had four assists, and Lawson had four steals as well.
 
As a team, Trevecca shot 20-of-53 (37.7%) from the floor, 7-of-24 (29.2%) from behind the arc, and 17-of-23 (73.9%) from the foul line. Trevecca grabbed 48 rebounds as a team, their highest total in a TranSouth game since they grabbed 51 against Cumberland on March 1, 2008.
 
The Trojans will open the TranSouth Conference Tournament on Wednesday March 4th as the No. 3 seed when they host the Sixth-seeded Martin Methodist RedHawks (19-11, 7-9 TranSouth) at 7:30 p.m.