San Antonio - The Trinity Tiger men's basketball team earned a berth in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship game with a 64-48 win over Colorado College in Saturday's SCAC Tournament Semifinal.

Midway through the opening period, Trinity trailed Colorado 12-16, but the hometown Tigers closed out the half with a 23-4 run that put the team in control of the game.

Colorado scored five quick points to start the second half, cutting the lead to 10 (35-25), but an early timeout by Trinity was followed by six unanswered points to push the lead to 16 points.  After that spurt, Colorado never got closer than 13 points in the game, as Trinity was able to hold on for the win.

Trinity will be shooting for its third consecutive SCAC Championship, and will face off against Centenary College in tomorrow's title game.  The two teams split their regular season meetings, as each team won at home.

Zach Lambert led the Trinity Tigers with 19 points for the second straight game, hitting 5-7 from the field and 4-4 from three-point range.  Robert Kitzinger added 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds, while Matt Selling also contributed 11 points, five rebounds, and three blocked shots.  William Young dished out a game-high eight assists.

Ryan Milne scored 17 points to lead Colorado College, but hit just 6-21 from the floor.  As a team, Colorado was held to just 28.6% (16-56) shooting.  Chris Lesnansky chipped in with 10 points and seven boards.

Trinity and Centenary open up the SCAC Championship Sunday at noon tomorrow, followed by the women's basketball conference title game.  Because Centenary is still in transition to Division III, the Gents are not eligible for the NCAA Playoffs; therefore, Trinity has already clinched the SCAC's automatic bid to the postseason - the third straight appearance for the Tigers.