Men's Basketball

November 30, 2007

Trinity Opens SCAC Play With Lopsided Win Over Austin College

San Antonio - Trinity's men's basketball team opened up its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule with an 87-60 win over Austin College on Friday night.

Trinity (5-0, 1-0 SCAC) led 39-23 at the half and never looked back.  The Tigers shot over 50% in both periods, holding Austin College under 30% shooting for the game.

The game remained close for much of the first half, and Trinity was ahead 24-23 with 6:56 to play until halftime.  It was then that the Tigers turned up the intensity, finishing the period on a 15-0 run. 

Opening the second half, Trinity's Patrick Robinson (pictured at right) hit a pair of three-point buckets to push the lead to 22 with just 51 seconds gone, effectively sealing the victory.

Robinson led all scorers with a career-high 18 points in the game, hitting 4-7 three-pointers and 7-11 field goals overall.  His seven field goals made also ties his career high.

B.J. Moon added 12 points on 4-8 shooting, dishing out six assists in the game.  Charles Houston chipped in with seven points and a team-best eight rebounds.

Luke Caldarera (pictured bottom right) came off the bench to score 12 points on 5-7 shooting for the Tigers, as well as pulling down seven boards in his 18 minutes of action.

Darsh Singh and Dwight Lutz both hit two three-pointers off the bench, with Singh totaling a career-best eight points and four rebounds to go with his three assists and two steals.

Terrance Teague led Austin College with 15 points, while Kola Alade finished with 14 points and seven rebounds.  Teague hit 4-9 from three-point range and kept the visitors in the game early.

Trinity will face Colorado College on Sunday afternoon to finish the weekend of SCAC action.  Colorado College lost to Southwestern in Georgetown, Texas tonight.

Patrick Robinson knocked down four three-pointers on his way to a career-high 18 points on Friday

Luke Caldarera finished with 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Tigers