Men's Basketball

February 17, 2008

Trinity Falls in Regular Season Home Finale on Sunday

San Antonio - The Tiger men's basketball team lost 68-77 to Millsaps College in the team's regular season home finale on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity (15-8, 7-6) trailed 33-42 at the half, as both teams shot better than 53% in the opening period.  With the win, Millsaps also sweeps the season series over the Tigers, after winning 73-67 in Jackson, Mississippi earlier this year.

Both teams came out red-hot, but neither team could pull away from the other in the early going.  Millsaps used a 10-3 run late in the half to push its lead to nine, and the highest lead they had in the period was 10 points.

After a Millsaps bucket to start the second half - giving the visitors an 11-point edge - Trinity scored 10 of the next 11 points to make it a 43-45 game with less than five minutes elapsed in the period.  Millsaps was able to push that lead back to double figures just a few minutes later, but the Tigers continued to come back.

Trinity's Luke Caldarera hit a three to make it 68-73 with 43 seconds to play, but Millsaps hit four straight free throws to seal the win. 

Caldarera finished with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds off the bench, while B.J. Moon scored 13 points to go with four assists.  Nick Polidoroff chipped in with eight points and five boards off the bench.

Jonathan Lewis scored a career-high for the second straight game, hitting 8-14 shots on his way to 18 points for the Tigers.

Chad Songy led four Millsaps scorers in double figures with 17 points in the game, and also led all players with five assists.  Lorenzo Bailey and Chris Sanders both finished with 15 points, while Edrick Montgomery scored 10. 

Trinity will travel to Austin College and Colorado College next weekend to finish off the regular season schedule.  The following weekend will be the SCAC Tournament in Conway, Arkansas.