VINCENNES, Ind. – VU freshman Trinitee Harris recorded her first career double-double of 14 points and a new career-high 13 rebounds Tuesday night in the Lady Blazers 76-74 win over Rend Lake in Vincennes’ regular season finale.
What makes Harris’ accomplishment so impressive, is that she didn’t play a second in the first half. Harris finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and a team-high four assists, all in the third and fourth quarters alone.
Vincennes got off to a quick start against the Lady Warriors, scoring eight of the first nine points of the game to take an early seven point lead.
Rend Lake responded with a 10-2 scoring run to take the lead late in the first quarter and hold a 19-14 advantage after the first 10 minutes of play.
VU opened the second quarter by cutting the lead down to two before Rend Lake answered back to grow their lead back 10 midway through the second.
Vincennes would battle tough, but the Lady Warriors held a 38-27 lead heading into the locker room.
VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Harry Meeks purposefully kept Harris out of the game in the first half, so she could be fresh in the second half and Harris immediately made an impact.
Within the first five minutes of Harris being on the floor, she had already grabbed seven rebounds as VU opened the second half on an 11-0 run to even the score at 38-38.
The two teams battled throughout the third quarter, with neither team able to sustain a lead as the game was even at 46-46 heading into the final quarter of play.
VU outscored the Lady Warriors 25- 9 to start the fourth quarter, jumping out to their largest lead of the game at 69-55.
Rend Lake would answer back, slowly chipping away at the VU lead but were never able to retake the lead as Vincennes closed out their 19th win of the season by the final score of 76-74.
