Men's Basketball

January 19, 2007

Trinity Falls at DePauw Friday Night

Greencastle, Indiana - Trinity's men's basketball team suffered a 51-66 loss at DePauw University in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Friday night.

Trinity (8-8, 3-3) trailed 24-36 at the half, shooting less than 36% from the field in the opening period.  Trinity never led in the game as DePauw scored on the opening possession and never looked back.  DePauw had a 10-point lead built up in the first five minutes of action, and went on a 14-2 run to start the game.

Trinity cut the lead to two (19-17) with just over six minutes remaining in the half, but DePauw outscored the visitors by 10 the rest of the way.

In the second half, Trinity cut the lead to single digits with 14:50 to play, but the team would get no closer the rest of the game, and DePauw led by as many as 19 points.

Trinity was led by B.J. Moon's 10 points on 4-7 shooting, while Charles Houston and Mike Gilb chipped in with eight points each. 

Barrett Koch finished with a team-best three assists, while Casey Hill's five rebounds were a team-high in the game.

Reid Sakel led DePauw with 13 points, while Brian Oilar and Mike Moore each finished with nine points for the home team.  Stephen Schott finished with eight points and a game-high nine boards, while Austin Brown had seven points and eight rebounds.

DePauw shot 42.1% for the game, hitting 24-57 field goals and 7-18 three-point tries.  Trinity hit just 38.5% from the field, making 20 total field goals - including just nine in the second half.  Trinity also hit just 3-14 from three-point range (21.4%).

Trinity will travel to Danville, Kentucky for another SCAC game tomorrow evening against Centre College.  Trinity returns home next weekend to face Sewanee and Oglethorpe.