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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Championship Game Notes
TranSouth Athletic Conference
Men's Basketball Championship Game Notes
NAIA No. 3 Lambuth University (28-3) vs. NAIA No. 19 Trevecca Nazarene (24-8)
When: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Athletic Center - Lambuth University, Jackson, Tenn.
Radio: 89.1FM WNAZ Nashville – 91.5 FM Dickson – Internet www.wnaz.com
Statistical webcast: Click Here and look for ((W)) next to game listing
Both teams are automatically in the NAIA National Tournament. The 32-team NAIA National Tournament runs March 19-25 in Kansas City, Mo.
Regular Season Recaps:
Game One @ Trevecca - The Eagles defeated the Trojans 90-84 in January. Lambuth had five players score in double figures. Corey Webster led with 21 points. Rick James had a game high 22 points for Trevecca. Trevecca shot 57% from the field but had 24 fewer attempts from the floor than Lambuth. The Eagles made three more field goals. There were 57 combined fouls called and 70 combined free-throw attempts.
Game Two @ Lambuth - The February rematch saw Lambuth on top 81-74. Trey Pearson had 23 points for Lambuth while Josh Helton led Trevecca with 24 points. Pearson had nine rebounds, four assists and three steals in the game. Collins Onyando had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Trevecca. Lambuth had a season low six turnovers in the game while forcing the Trojans into 21 turnovers.
Path to Championship:
Lambuth defeated #9 Seed Mid-Continent in the Quarterfinals 93-86 and #4 Seed Cumberland University 88-65 in the Semifinals
Trevecca defeated #6 Seed Crichton 86-75 in the Quarterfinals and won at #2 Seed Martin Methodist 87-75 in Semifinals
Lambuth has won both meetings this season
Lambuth is the TranSouth Regular season Champion
Lambuth is the tournament's #1 Seed
Trevecca is the tournament's #3 Seed
This will be the 70th meeting between Lambuth and Trevecca in men's basketball
Trevecca holds edge 35-34 in series
The teams are tied at 6-6 over the last 12 meetings
Lambuth has won three in a row in the series
Lambuth has won three consecutive home games versus Trevecca. The last time TNU won at Lambuth was January 3, 2003.
The last time the teams met in the postseason was in the 2006 NAIA National tournament. Lambuth was in their last season in the Mid-South Conference. Trevecca won the first round game to advance to the NAIA Sweet 16 for the second year in a row
TREVECCA NOTES
Trevecca seniors have a career record of 92-37
Four Trevecca players have scored 1,000 or more career points (Josh Helton, Collins Onyando, Brian Oduor, Marcos Salvi)
Trevecca has reached the conference tournament final in two of the last three years
Collins Onyando and Josh Helton made TranSouth First Team honors
Jeremy Dixon made TranSouth All-Freshman team
Brian Oduor is NAIA No. 1 in Field Goal Percentage, 66%
LAMBUTH NOTES
Glen Dandridge is the TranSouth Player of the Year
Corey Webster is the TranSouth Freshman Player of the Year
Lambuth Coach Kevin Burton is the TranSouth Coach of the Year
Dandridge and Trey Pearson made the TranSouth First Team
Jeremy Weddle made the TranSouth Second Team
The Eagles are 42-3 in home games the past three seasons
Lambuth is 27-0 when leading at the half
Lambuth is 1-3 when trailing at the half
The Eagles are 16-2 in night games
The Eagles are 12-1 in Day games
Lambuth is 25-2 when forcing more turnovers
Lambuth is 3-1 when having more turnovers
The Eagles are 17-0 when out rebounding their opponents
The Eagles are 11-3 when being out rebounded
The Eagles have scored 80 or more points in 28 games this year for a 27-1 record
The Eagles have scored 90 or more points in 20 games this season for a 19-1 record
Lambuth has scored 100 points or more in nine games this season for a 9-0 record
Lambuth is #1 in the NAIA in scoring per game-95.8
Lambuth is #1 in the NAIA in turnover margin per game-8.3
Lambuth is # 2 in the NAIA in steals per game-12.6
Lambuth is # 3 in the NAIA in scoring margin-22.5
3/10/2008, 6:56 PM