Men's Basketball

February 20, 2009

Cunningham Wins 200th Trinity Game Friday Night

San Antonio - Trinity's men's basketball team earned a 75-64 win over Colorado College on Friday evening, opening up the final weekend of play in the regular season, and securing the 200th win at Trinity for Head Coach Pat Cunningham.

Trinity (21-3, 12-2) led 43-22 at the half, shooting just under 60% from the field and holding Colorado College to just 22.9% shooting.

Cunningham, who recently won his 350th career game, is Trinity's most successful men's basketball coach in terms of both wins and winning percentage.   

Less than eight minutes into the game, Trinity had opened up a 22-6 advantage and never trailed by less than 12 the rest of the half.  That lead blossomed to 31 points after less than five minutes of action in the second half, and Trinity remained in control of the game throughout.

Charles Houston had a superb game for Trinity, narrowly missing a triple-double, and breaking a tie for Trinity's career steals record.  Houston recorded a pair of steals in tonight's game, and is now both the single season and career record-holder in steals.

Houston led the team with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high eight steals on Friday night, playing in just 27 minutes of the game.  He hit 5-10 from the field - including 2-4 three-point shots - and 3-5 from the foul line.

Dwight Lutz, starting his first game of the season, hit 3-8 three-pointers on his way to 14 points, while B.J. Moon scored 13 on 5-8 shooting.  Nick Polidoroff came off the bench with one of his better games this season, hitting 6-6 from the field for 12 points and five rebounds in just 19 minutes of action.

Brady Ohlsen led all scorers with 22 points for Colorado College, as well as leading the visiting team with six rebounds in the game.  Jarrell Sweet added 14 points, while Nick Rose scored 10 for Colorado College.

Trinity concludes its regular season with a game against Austin College tomorrow night.  The Tigers will be the top seed at next weekend's SCAC Tournament, hosted by Hendrix College.