SHREVEPORT - No. 10 Tiger Men's Basketball falls in the semi-final round of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
 
The Tigers (23-3) took a narrow 70-71 loss to Colorado College. Freshman Christian Green (San Antonio, Texas / Veterans Memorial) made his mark on the tournament by notching a double-double. Green would score 18 points and collect 15 rebounds, 10 of those being offensive. Dean Balo (Dallas, Texas / JJ Pearce) would be on fire, going 6-7 from the field and putting up 16 total points. 
 
The Rundown
 
Jacob Millhouse (Plano, Texas / Independence) got the afternoon started for the Tigers with an easy layup of a sweet pass from Jacob Harvey (Huffman, Texas / Hargrave). Early on, Harvey would sling a pass through the defense to find Green for an early statement slam. From there, offense would be a rarity as neither team would hit double-digits until the 13-minute mark. Colorado kept it close in the first half and then hit a three with nine minutes left to take their first lead of the game 13-12. The Tigers nabbed a four-point lead off of a big three but CC would respond by hitting one of their own. The game stayed locked at 20-19 for two minutes until Colorado went on a 9-4 scoring run to close the half and Trinity would be down 28-24 heading into the locker room. 
 
Colorado opened the second half with back-to-back buckets to extend the lead to eight. Trinity would hit big shots throughout the half but the Colorado lead would hit double-digits with 15 minutes remaining. Two minutes later, Green started a seven-point run for the Tigers that closed the gap back to a one-possession game. The game stayed close and Colorado found the touch offensively to nab a nine-point lead. With the game nearing an end, Trinity locked in. Brown found the rim and then hit a deep three from the wing to tie the game up at 62. CC made their best move with a layup and a heavily contested three to go up five. Unfortunately, the Tigers could not tie the game back up and fell 71-70.
 
Coach Speak
 
"Tough loss today but it doesn't take away from the amazing season that these young men have put together thus far," said Head Coach Jimmy Smith. "We are hopeful that we will get an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. If so, we will learn from this one and be prepared to get after it on Friday."
 
Up Next
 
The Tigers will wait to see if they have received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament starting next weekend.