Men's Basketball

January 18, 2008

Tigers Defeat Rhodes in Friday Night SCAC Action

San Antonio - The Tiger men's basketball team opened a weekend of play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a 77-64 win over Rhodes College on Friday night.

Trinity (12-2, 5-1) led 40-32 at the half after Rhodes trimmed what was a 12-point lead with just over five minutes left. 

Rhodes got to within two early in the second half, but Trinity used a 14-0 run to pull away for good.  The Tigers led by as many as 25 in the second half.

In a strange twist, both teams shot better from three-point range than they did for inside the arc.  Trinity hit 41% from the field overall, while Rhodes shot 44.9% in the game.  From distance, Rhodes made 48% of its shots, while the Tigers nailed 45% of its threes.

Patrick Robinson led Trinity with a career-high 24 points on 8-11 shooting.  Robinson buried 6-7 three-point shots, which is also a career-high for threes made and three-point percentage.

Nick Polidoroff added 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench, while Barrett Koch chipped in with nine points and three assists.  Polidoroff's 14 points tied his career-high - a total he has reached twice this season.

Rhodes was led by Joe Thompson's 28 points on 10-16 shooting, while Cory Smith added 18 points for the visitors.  The pair combined to hit 10-13 from three-point range in the game.

Trinity will host newest SCAC member Birmingham-Southern on Sunday afternoon, finishing off the weekend of conference play. 

Patrick Robinson scored a career-high 24 points on Friday, pacing the team in scoring for the sixth straight game

Nick Polidoroff tied his career-high with 14 points against Rhodes, also collecting nine rebounds in just 16 minutes off the bench