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NASHVILLE - On Saturday afternoon on the campus of Trevecca Nazarene University, the top seeded Lady Trojans played host to the #2 seed Urbana University Blue Knights for the inaugural Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship.

Urbana, who advanced to the finals with a hard fought win over third seed Cedarville on Friday night, jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead and showed that as an underdog they should not be overlooked. It would turn out that the Blue Knights would lead the entire game, leading by as many as 15 in the first half.

The Trojans would close the lead down to three points with just over two minutes remaining in the contest, but Urbana closed the game on a 5-1 run, mostly from the free throw line to secure the G-MAC Championship.

G-MAC Player of the Year Ciara Geiger and her teammate, DeYonyea Johnson carried the team through the first seven minutes of the game, working together to score the team’s first 16 points. Geiger scored 11 and Johnson put up five as the Blue Knights quickly built a double-digit lead.

Geiger finished with a game-high 20 points on 7-10 shooting from the floor, including 3-6 from long range. Johnson finished with just the five points she scored early in the second half. Kate Francisco netted 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, blocked five shots, dished out two assists and recorded two steals. Jessica Saffold and Jackie Cousineau each scored 11 points, with Saffold added a game-high 14 rebounds.

For Trevecca, Britt Bell scored 13 points, while Haley Felker joined her in double-digits with 10. As a balanced scoring team, 10 different players scored for the Trojans, including seven that had five or more points. Heather Miller had a team-high eight rebounds, included six on the offensive boards.

Urbana finished the game shooting 45.6% after shooting an amazing 56.7% from the floor and 55.6% from long range in the first half. Trevecca held them to just 33.3% shooting in the second half and only 3-12 from three-point range, but it wasn’t enough to overcome such a large lead.