SAN ANTONIO – The Tiger men's basketball team finished off a weekend of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference action with an 85-76 victory over Colorado College on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity improved to 14-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play after its SCAC weekend sweep, and the team is now tied for the top spot in the league standings. Trinity has also won six of its last seven games.

Kaleb Jenkins (New Orleans, La. / Metairie Park) and Enzo Sechi (Houston, Texas / Taylor) led four Tiger players in double digits with 15 points each in the game. Sechi did most of his damage at the line, scoring 9-of-12 free throw attempts, adding four rebounds and three assists. Jenkins hit 4-for-9 from the field and 5-of-7 at the stripe and led the team with four assists.

Trinity will be back in action on Tuesday, hitting the road to take on Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

The Rundown

Trinity slipped out to an early five-point lead, but Colorado College tied it with five straight points. The game was still tied 14-14 just before the 11-minute mark when Trinity made its move by scoring 10 of the next 12 points, and the hometown Tigers led by eight heading into the under-eight timeout.

The lead grew as large as nine points at 27-18 with under seven minutes to play, but that's when Colorado College scored six unanswered to make it a one-possession game approaching the three-minute mark. The lead was back to five with just 42 seconds left, but Colorado College made a late push with six points in the waning seconds to take a 35-34 lead. That included a buzzer-beating fast break three-pointer after a Trinity turnover, leading to the only lead of the half for Colorado College.

After the break, both teams had small leads to start the second period, but Trinity took control when Jenkins capped a 6-0 run with four straight points at the 16:20 mark. That lead nearly doubled as Trinity then piled on by scoring 11 of 13 points during a three-and-a-half-minute stretch to take a 56-45 advantage.

The lead was still 10 with under eight minutes left when Colorado College made a run to draw within three at the 5:54 mark. Colorado College scored eight of nine points during the run, but Trinity answered with five straight points of its own to go back in front by eight just over a minute later.

Both teams traded runs after that, with Colorado College getting back within three at 69-72, and Trinity hit four straight free throws to take the lead back to seven with under three minutes to play. Colorado College never got closer than five after that, and Trinity hit three straight layups in the final 1:06 of the game to seal the win.

Numbers to Note

Tanner Brown (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) chipped in with 11 points that included 6-of-6 at the foul line, as well as leading the Tigers with six rebounds.

AJ Clark (San Antonio, Texas / Brandeis) was the final Trinity player to reach double figures, scoring 10 points to go with five rebounds and three assists.

Jordan Lippman (Austin, Texas / Round Rock) led Trinity's reserves with nine points in 14 minutes of action, as well as picking up five rebounds and a pair of steals.

David Nickell (Humble, Texas / Atascocita) and Ashton Owens (Trinity, Ala. / West Morgan) finished with eight points each off the bench as well. Nickell hit 3-of-4 field goals and both of his free throw attempts, while Owens nailed a pair of three-pointers and two more foul shots.

Coach Speak

"Awesome team victory," Head Coach Jimmy Smith began. "Colorado College plays very hard and really competes. Proud of our guys for, again, figuring out a way to win; we had a lot of balance tonight offensively with seven guys scoring eight or more points." 

Up Next

Trinity will hit the road for more SCAC action on Tuesday, facing off against Southwestern University at 6:00 p.m.