Men's Basketball

December 29, 2007

Tiger Men Defeat Wabash in Holiday Classic

San Antonio - Trinity's men's basketball team opened its part of the Trinity/Southwestern Holiday Classic with a 72-66 win over Wabash College on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (8-1) led 37-33 at the half, with both teams shooting better than 44% from the field in the opening period.  Wabash also hit 6-8 from three-point range to keep the game close.

After the Tigers fell behind 9-13, the home team went on a 12-0 run to claim an eight-point advantage over the visitors.  Wabash was able to tie the game at 31-31 with three minutes to play, but Trinity hit a basket and a pair of free throws in the final minute to pull away at the break.

Trinity pulled ahead by 11 points in the early part of the second half, but Wabash was able to cut that lead down to just one (55-54) with 6:52 remaining.  The Tigers then hit five of their next seven shots to take a 65-59 lead with 2:29 left, effectively sealing the win.

Patrick Robinson and Nick Polidoroff led the team with 14 points each, while Luke Caldarera added 13 points for Trinity.  Robinson hit 5-7 from the field, while Polidoroff connected on 7-10 shots and led the team with nine rebounds. 

Andrew Zimmer led all scorers with 19 points for Wabash, while Gary Simkus added 16 points on 7-13 shooting.  Both players collected eight rebounds to lead the team.

Trinity will face Ohio Northern tomorrow afternoon to conclude the tournament.  Wabash will face Southwestern.  Ohio Northern defeated Southwestern 62-44 earlier today.