Trinity Christian came out with a split in its opening basketball games against Van Cove Tuesday at Wallace Edgar Arena.

Despite poor free-throw shooting the Lady Warriors took a 16-6 halftime lead and held on for a 36-25 victory, while the boys could not overcome a disastrous second period in losing 50-40.

The Lady Warriors made only eight field goals in the contest, but made 18 of 35 free throws.

“We’ll have to do better overall and improve our free-throw shooting,” said TC coach Jeremy Williams. “Maybe we were a little jittery being our first game.”