Coming off a tough one-point loss to Southwestern University, Friday night, the Centre College men's basketball team bounced back with a 67-50 win over Trinity University, Sunday, Jan. 8, in Danville, Ky.
The Colonels, who entered the game as the only Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team not to post a conference win, improve to 8-4 overall and 1-2 in the league. Trinity falls to 9-4 overall and 2-1 in the SCAC.
Centre started strong once again, running out to an 21-8 lead at the 11:21 mark in the first half. The Tigers cut the lead to nine points, only to see the Colonels go on a 15-0 run to extend the lead to 38-14 with 7:30 remaining. During that run, Centre made all six of its shots from the floor.
Trinity fought back, using a 16-0 run to close the half and make the score 38-30 at the break. The Colonels missed their last five shots of the half and committed six turnovers in the last 5:58 to allow the Tigers to close within eight points.
The Tigers pulled within seven points (46-39) early in the second half, only to see Centre use a 12-2 run to push the lead to 17 points with just over 10 minutes to play. Trinity narrowed the lead to 15 points, but would get no closer as the Colonels went on to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Tigers.
Three Colonels finished in double figures led by senior center Reggie Magnusson's 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting. Junior forward Matt Jacobson scored 16 points on 5 of 12 shooting, including 4 of 9 from beyond the three point arc.
Sophomore guard Matt Nestheide added 12 points, four assists and four steals and senior forward Coy Zerhusen posted a game-high nine rebounds to go along with eight points.
Trinity's Andy Bates paced the Tigers with 15 points and three rebounds. Jay Riola added 10 points, five rebounds and three assists in the loss.
Up next for Centre will be the DePauw Tigers in Greencastle, Ind. The SCAC contest will be played as part of a men's/women's double header and will start at 8 p.m. CST.
Newspaper Box Score Trinity University vs Centre College 1/8/06 2:00 pm at Danville, KY At Danville, KY CENTRE COLLEGE 67, TRINITY UNIVERSITY 50 TRINITY UNIVERSITY (9-4, 2-1 SCAC) Andy Bates 5-9 5-5 15; Jay Riola 3-5 3-4 10; Ross Burt 2-5 0-0 6; Mike Gilb 2-3 1-2 5; Brandon York 2-7 0-0 4; Barrett Koch 2-3 0-0 4; Mitch Walker 1-3 0-0 2; Charles Houston 1-4 0-0 2; Casey Hill 1-6 0-0 2; James Lake 0-0 0-0 0; Darsh Singh 0-1 0-0 0; Adam Culver 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-47 9-11 50. CENTRE COLLEGE (8-4, 1-2 SCAC) Reggie Magnusson 7-9 4-5 18; Matt Jacobson 5-12 2-3 16; Matt Nestheide 4-13 0-0 12; Coy Zerhusen 4-4 0-0 8; Thomas Britt 2-9 1-4 6; Rob Matthews 1-1 2-2 4; T.C. Thomason 1-2 0-0 3; John Patterson 0-0 0-0 0; Stuart Rutledge 0-0 0-0 0; Kameron McRay 0-0 0-0 0; Kris Bentley 0-0 0-0 0; Ryan Crowdis 0-0 0-0 0; Kyle Christopher 0-0 0-0 0; Adam Patterson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 9-14 67. Trinity University............ 30 20 - 50 Centre College................ 38 29 - 67 3-point goals-Trinity University 3-14 (Ross Burt 2-4; Jay Riola 1-1; Brandon York 0-2; Mitch Walker 0-1; Casey Hill 0-4; Andy Bates 0-2), Centre College 10-22 (Matt Nestheide 4-10; Matt Jacobson 4-9; Thomas Britt 1-2; T.C. Thomason 1-1). Fouled out--Trinity University-None, Centre College-None. Rebounds-Trinity University 25 (Barrett Koch 5; Jay Riola 5), Centre College 32 (Coy Zerhusen 9). Assists-Trinity University 7 (Jay Riola 3), Centre College 10 (Matt Jacobson 4; Matt Nestheide 4). Total fouls-Trinity University 18, Centre College 19. A-450