Men's Basketball

January 23, 2009

Trinity Defeats Sewanee to Open SCAC Weekend at Home

San Antonio - Trinity's men's basketball team, ranked 10th in Division III, opened up a home weekend of play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a 55-40 win over Sewanee: University of the South on Friday night.

Trinity (15-1, 7-0) won its 14th consecutive game in the process, dating back to the second game of the season.  The Trinity Tigers led 29-17 at the half after neither team shot above 40% to start the game.

Sewanee held a slim lead a couple of times early in the game, but a 10-0 run by Trinity at the midway point of the first period put the home team on top for good.  Sewanee got to within four points later in the period, but the team never got closer than 10 in the second half of play.

B.J. Moon led Trinity with 16 points - hitting 6-7 from the field and 4-5 from the three-point line - but Dwight Lutz stole the show with a career-high 15 points in just 23 minutes off the bench.  Lutz hit 6-10 from the field and 3-6 from distance, also collecting two rebounds and two assists.

Charles Houston and Luke Caldarera chipped in with six points each, and Houston also led the team with eight rebounds and three steals.  Nick Polidoroff grabbed seven rebounds to go with four points in just 15 minutes.

Ben Pursell had 11 points to lead Sewanee, while Bradley Pierson scored 10 points and grabbed a team-best eight rebounds.  Casey Berry dished out six assists and nabbed four steals to lead the visitors in both categories.

Trinity will continue the weekend with a Sunday afternoon game against Oglethorpe University, beginning at 12:00 p.m.