BETHANY,
Okla. - NAIA No. 13 Trevecca (3-1) dropped its first game of the season
75-59 to Oklahoma Christian (4-1) at the Soutern Nazarene Classic on
Friday.
Trevecca's
shooting was off for the game and aided the Eagles fast start. Later it
helped the Eagles pull away in the second half for a second time. As a
team Trevecca hit 27% (18-66) from the field, 24% (6-25) from
three-point range, and 53% (17-32) from the foul line.
OCU
pushed out to a double figure lead in the first half, but Trevecca
rallied to close it to one (29-28) before the Eagles scored the first
half's final basket and led 31-28 at the break. The Trojans tied the
game at 33 early in the second half, but Oklahoma Christian began to
build the lead again and were able to maintain a double digit lead late
in the game and held off the Trojans 75-59.
K.C.
Van Atta led Trevecca with 15 points and seven rebounds. Abby Lawson
with 12 points was the only other Trojan to reach double figure
scoring. Angelica Sails also had seven rebounds and two steals. Lawson
also led the team with four assists and two blocks. Christian Gibson
had a team high three steals..
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