Men's Basketball

January 26, 2007

Hot-Shooting Trinity Men Defeat Sewanee Friday

San Antonio - Trinity's men's basketball team evened its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference record with a 92-78 victory over Sewanee on Friday night.

Trinity (9-9, 4-4) led 39-23 at the half, holding Sewanee to just five total field goals in the period, and hitting 44% of its shots. 

Both teams came out on fire in the second half, though, scoring over 100 combined points in the final 20 minutes.  Sewanee hit 19-32 (59.4%) from the field, but the hometown Trinity Tigers shot a blistering 76% (19-25) in the second half - including hitting its final nine shots.

Trinity took its 16-point halftime lead up to as much as a 20-point lead in the second half, but Sewanee mounted a comeback with a 22-9 run over a 5:51 span.  A few minutes later the lead was down to five points (64-59), but Trinity scored five unanswered to push it back to double digits with 6:53 to play.  The TU Tigers didn't allow Sewanee any closer than eight points the rest of the way.

Brandon York led Trinity with 19 points, hitting 6-11 from the field and 7-9 from the free throw line.  York added two rebounds and two assists.

Charles Houston scored 15 points for Trinity, as well as collecting six boards and a team-best five assists - despite playing just 22 minutes due to foul trouble early in the second half.  Casey Hill added 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds, hitting 5-9 field goals and 2-3 three-point shots. 

Spencer Rowland led Sewanee with 20 points, while Ben Pursell finished with 17 points and four rebounds.  Chris Eddy added seven points and five assists, while Gary Grizzle hit 3-3 three-pointers on his way to 12 points for the visitors.

Mike Gilb chipped in with nine points and six rebounds for the TU Tigers, while B.J. Moon had eight points and four assists.

Trinity will host Oglethorpe tomorrow night to finish off the SCAC weekend.  The Tigers will travel to Rhodes and Millsaps next weekend, beginning a four-game stretch of road games over the next three weekends.