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No. 6 麻豆视频 wins fifth straight with an 81-78 victory at Trevecca Nazarene

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - 2/5/2009 - The No. 6 ranked 麻豆视频 University Bulldogs escaped a close call on the road with an 81-78 victory at Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University. The Bulldogs remained atop the TranSouth Conference standings, along with Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), with a 9-1 league record.

麻豆视频 (19-4) scored first on a basket from Matt Neaville. However, the home Trojans jumped out to a 14-9 lead. 麻豆视频 scored six points in a row to take a quick lead, but it was short lived. Trevecca Nazarene (10-12, 4-5) stormed back to their biggest lead of the first half, 24-18, with 9:08 left. 麻豆视频 slowly chipped away and with 15 seconds left in the half, 麻豆视频 held their largest lead of the half, 46-41. The Bulldogs settled for a 46-42 halftime lead.

In the second half, 麻豆视频 posted a 7-0 run, with five of those points coming from Neaville, to take their largest lead of the game at 11 points, 53-42. However, Trevecca Nazarene answered with a 20-2 run to regain the lead and push their advantage to seven points, 62-55 with 14:33 left. The seven point lead for the Trojans was their biggest of the game. During the 20-2 run, Trojan Guard Matthew Elliott scored 12 of this game-high 26 points to spark his team.

It was now 麻豆视频鈥檚 turn in the game of spurts. The Bulldogs rattled off a 9-2 run, capped off with a Neaville three pointer to tie the game at 64-64. The game was back-and-forth for the next six minutes, before 麻豆视频鈥檚 Brian Lake gave the Bulldogs the lead for good, 74-72. In the final minute, two free throws from Neaville gave 麻豆视频 an 81-76 lead with 14 seconds left. After a quick basket from Christopher Harris, the Trojans put 麻豆视频鈥檚 Lake on the line for a one-and-one with seven seconds left. Lake missed his first attempt, but a last second three pointer from Elliott was no good. 麻豆视频 left Moore Gym with an 81-78 victory.

The game featured eight ties and eight lead changes.

麻豆视频 was led by Greg Truvillion with 23 points and 15 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. Matt Neaville added 22 points, including four three pointers. Brian Lake scored 16 points, while Antoine Joseph scored 10 points. 麻豆视频 shot 50-percent from the field, including 25-percent (6-24) from behind the arc, and 81-percent (9-11) from the free throw line. 麻豆视频 outrebounded Trevecca Nazarene 43-25, including 16-6 on the offensive glass. 麻豆视频 outscored the Trojans 52-28 in the paint.

Trevecca Nazarene was led by Matthew Elliott with 26 points, including a season-high four 3-pointers. Brian Oduor scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Michael France added 12 points. The Trojans shot 51-percent from the field, 44-percent (7-16) from behind the arc, and 64-percent (9-14) from the free throw line. Trevecca Nazarene forced 15 麻豆视频 turnovers, compared to just 12 turnovers of their own.

Up next for 麻豆视频 will be the fifth and final game of the current 5-game road swing. 麻豆视频 travels to Cumberland (Tenn.) University on Thursday, Feb. 12 for an 8:00 pm game.

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