[Women's Basketball] Trevecca Women's Basketball | Shorter Holds Off Trojan Rally in Overtime; ...

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The Trojans own the all-time series 10-3, and had won the previous four contests before today.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trevecca opened the game on a 6-2 run with baskets from Adi Hale and Brittin Boyer … Shorter tied the game at 6-6, and the score held until the end of the quarter … the low-scoring first quarter witnessed a combined 20 missed jump shots … Shorter doubled up Trevecca with consecutive 3-pointers to open the second quarter at 12-6 … the Trojans remained with six points of the Hawks at 22-16, but Shorter hit a 3-pointer before the end of the half to lead 25-16 at the break … the Hawks opened the second half on an 8-2 run to jump ahead 33-18 … with under two minutes to play in the third quarter the Trojans got back within 12 points at 40-28 … with 6:05 remaining in the game and Shorter leading by 14 (46-32) the Trojans outscored the hosts 19-5 to send the game to overtime … in all the Trojans outscored the Hawks 23-9 in the fourth quarter to force overtime … the Trojans cut to within three (48-45) after an 8-2 run led by Callie Hackett … Adi Hale's 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining tied the game at 51-51 … the Trojans remained ahead for much of the extra period until the Hawks jumped ahead with just under two minutes to play, 61-59 … Shorter led 65-61 before Adi Hale got fouled on a 3-pointer to bring the Trojans within one, 65-64 … Hale missed the free-throw attempt, and the Hawks held on to win 65-64 in overtime.

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

TNU shot 38% (25-66) from the field and 50% (6-12) from the foul line while SU shot 43% (26-61) and hit 50% from the charity stripe (6-12) … SU shot 32% from 3-point range (7-22) while TNU shot 28% (8-28) from downtown … SU held a 38-30 advantage in rebounding … TNU had more steals (13-8), assists (16-12) and points off turnovers (22-12) … SU committed 23 turnovers to TNU's 19 … the largest lead was SU's when they were up 17.

PLAYER STATS REPORT

The Trojans had another balanced scoring afternoon led by McKenzie Kilburn who had 17 points and six rebounds … Callie Hackett contributed 16 points and added three assists … Brittin Boyer had 12 points and four rebounds … Adi Hale helped in other ways with seven rebounds, five assists, two steals, and eight points … six different Trojans had at least two steals.

WHAT'S NEXT    

The Trojans return to the Fieldhouse to host Kentucky Wesleyan College (2-2) for their first Great Midwest Athletic Conference game of the season.

KWC leads the all-time series 9-5 and has not lost in Trojan Fieldhouse since 2016. The Panthers swept the Trojans last season and had claimed the last five overall games in the series.