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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – NAIA No. 14 Trevecca (19-8, 9-3) finished their best TranSouth Conference regular season ever with a win at Blue Mountain College (10-13, 3-8) on Saturday.

The 86-63 win gave the Trojans sole possession of second place in the final TranSouth Conference regular season standings, the team’s highest finish ever. Trevecca also finished undefeated (6-0) on the road in conference play for the first time in school history.

Trevecca’s Jackie Weaver led the game with a 23 point, eight rebound performance. Weaver also set the career blocks record during the game. Weaver has 69, two better than Molly Schoenberg’s record 67. Jana Reed, who finished with 19 points and four rebounds, scored 15 points in the first half alone. Mariska Reed (13 points) and Kristin Scoggins (11 points) each contributed with double figure scoring. Trevecca’s Jaime Luke started in place of injured Julia Machalela and led the Trojans with 11 rebounds. Blue Mountain’s Sheree McDowell led the Toppers with 15 points and six rebounds in the losing effort.

As a team Trevecca hit 24-of-53 (45.3%) from the field, 2-of-9 (22.2%) from beyond the three point line, and 36-of-41 (87.8%) from the foul line. Trevecca out rebounded the Toppers 45-39. Trevecca held Blue Mountain to just 19-of-66 (28.8%) from the field, 5-of-27 (18.5%) from three-point range, and 20-of-28 (71.4%) from the line.

Trevecca will host Martin Methodist (6-26, 0-12) for a first round TranSouth tournament game on Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m.

All games will be broadcast over 89.1 and 91.5 WNAZ FM. All games are aired on the internet at www.wnaz.com All home games have a statistical webcast available at www.trevecca.edu/athletic



   
   

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