SHERMAN, Texas – The 12th-ranked Tiger men's basketball team opened up a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference road weekend with an 83-64 win over Austin College on Friday night.

Trinity (19-1, 10-1) remains atop the SCAC standings with the win and finishes off a regular season sweep over the 'Roos. Austin (8-11, 4-7) began the day tied for sixth in the standings. The Tigers forced 19 turnovers in the game and limited Austin to less than 20% shooting from three-point range. Trinity built up a 17-point lead by halftime, but it was just a four-point game with less than eight minutes to play in the first period.

Jacob Harvey (Huffman, Texas / Hargrave) and Christian Green (San Antonio, Texas / Veterans Memorial) both produced 20-point nights to lead the offensive effort for the Tigers. Harvey led the game with 24 points, hitting five three-pointers and going 5-for-5 at the foul line. Green made 10-of-18 overall to reach 20 points, adding eight rebounds and a pair of assists.
Ty Williams (Pearland, Texas / Pearland) led the Tigers with a career-high 11 rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench, while Grayson Herr (Farmington, Conn. / Farmington) chipped in with eight points. Braxton Barry (Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian) pulled down seven rebounds and collected three blocks, adding a career-high five steals to his stat line.

The Rundown

The teams traded three-pointers to open the game, but Austin College never led again after Tanner Brown (San Antonio, Texas / Brandeis) hit a game-tying three-pointer at the 17:34 mark of the first half. Harvey then scored nine of Trinity's next 11 points during a 14-2 run that put Trinity up 19-10 with under 12 minutes to go in the half. Consecutive baskets by the home team cut the lead to just four points with 8:25 left until the break, but Trinity scored eight of the next 10 points to snag its first double-digit lead of the game at 27-17 just over two minutes later. The Tiger defense held Austin College without a field goal for the final 3:47 of the period and took a 41-24 lead into the locker room.

Trinity grew the margin up to 19 points early in the second period on a three-pointer from Harvey, but Austin College rallied shortly after and made it a 10-point game at the 13:02 mark. Harvey nailed a pair of long-range shots over a stretch of less than two minutes to switch the momentum back in favor of the Tigers. Trinity had the lead back to 18 points with less than 10 minutes to go, then used a 17-5 run a few minutes later to build its largest lead of the night at 83-57 with less than two minutes left.

Coach Speak

"Awesome team win," exclaimed Head Coach Jimmy Smith. "We had a great week of practice and the guys played tonight just like they practiced all week. We are excited for another road test tomorrow!"

Up Next
Speaking of tomorrow, the Tigers will be back in action against the University of Dallas at 4:00 p.m. in Irving, Texas.