Trinity out-rebounded Etown 38-25 over the course of the game, but Etown held a 11-7 edge in steals as Trinity turned the ball over 27 times. The Blue Jays also shot 57.7% (30-for-52) from the field, 50.0% (5-for-10) from three point range and 67.7% (21-for-31) from the fre throw line. Trinity made 25 out of 56 shots (44.6%) from the field, just three out of 15 attempts (20.0%) from three-point range, and hit 19 out of 26 (73.1%) free throw attempts. Etown held a 40-30 advantage at halftime.
For the second day in a row, Brian Schreiber led the Etown offense in scoring, this time tallying 20 points to bring his total for the tournament to 48, and he pulled down four rebounds. Greg Brizek scored 17 points for Etown and had four assits, and Michael Schatzmann scored 17 points from off the bench and had three assists and three steals. Chad Piersol led the Blue Jays in rebounds with five, and he scored 13 points.
Tyler Rhoten was Trinity’s top scorer with 34 points and top rebounder with 10 rebounds. Kino Clarke added 11 points and seven rebounds for Trinity.
The Blue Jays will return to action at home Wednesday, January 11 against Juniata College in an 8:00 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game.
At Villa Julie College Legg Mason Classic ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 86, TRINITY COLLEGE (CT) 72 TRINITY COLLEGE (CT) (9-3) Tyler Rhoten 14-28 5-6 34; Kino Clarke 3-10 3-5 11; Russ Martin 2-3 3-4 7; Patrick Martin 1-5 3-5 5; Michael Hoar 0-1 4-4 4; Tom Finnegan 2-2 0-0 4; Paul Rowe 1-1 1-2 3; Stephen Dunn 1-3 0-0 2; Aaron Westbrooks 1-3 0-0 2; Tyler Simms 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 19-26 72. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (8-4) Brian Schreiber 9-10 1-1 20; Michael Schatzmann 5-6 5-8 17; Greg Brizek 6-11 5-6 17; Chad Piersol 4-11 3-5 13; Brad Schreiber 2-8 2-2 6; Greg Adams 2-2 1-2 5; Luke Ledyard 1-3 3-5 5; Phil Schaffer 1-1 0-0 2; Brian Goodwin 0-0 1-2 1; Bryce Rodgers 0-0 0-0 0; Justin Shade 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-52 21-31 86. Trinity College Men's BBall... 30 42 - 72 Elizabethtown Men's Basketball 40 46 - 86 3-point goals-Trinity College Men's BBall 3-15 (Kino Clarke 2-7; Tyler Rhoten 1-3; Patrick Martin 0-2; Michael Hoar 0-1; Aaron Westbrooks 0-1; Russ Martin 0-1), Elizabethtown Men's Basketball 5-10 (Chad Piersol 2-4; Michael Schatzmann 2-2; Brian Schreiber 1-1; Brad Schreiber 0-2; Greg Brizek 0-1). Fouled out--Trinity College Men's BBall-Michael Hoar; Patrick Martin, Elizabethtown Men's Basketball-Luke Ledyard; Greg Adams; Brad Schreiber. Rebounds-Trinity College Men's BBall 38 (Tyler Rhoten 10), Elizabethtown Men's Basketball 25 (Chad Piersol 5). Assists-Trinity College Men's BBall 10 (Patrick Martin 3; Aaron Westbrooks 3), Elizabethtown Men's Basketball 17 (Greg Brizek 4; Greg Adams 4). Total fouls-Trinity College Men's BBall 27, Elizabethtown Men's Basketball 25.