Strong Second Half leads Titans over Seahorses, 75-61

Though early in the season, Trinity had a crucial game Friday Night against hated rival Christchurch. The last time Trinity and Christchurch met was in the Prep League Championship, which I think we all know what happened there. After that game's utter excitement and astonishing ending, one could only hope that this game was just as good. The student section was just about sold out as everyone piled in their all-white shirts for the White-Out and started screaming. The stage was set. From the opening tip of the game, you could tell that it was going to be physical. Both teams were fouling early and often, but then shots started to fall for both. Christchurch rode a early wave of momentum and pushed their lead out to 26-15 over Trinity about mid-way through the second quarter, before Coach Hamlin rallied his guys and they responded by going on a 11-2 run in a span of 2 minutes and 56 seconds, which only put them behind 28-26 with two minutes left before half. Christchurch managed to stop the bleeding on their side and responded with two quick threes off turnovers from Trinity and went into the locker room up 34-30. The Titans came out of the half a new team that was energizing and ravenous to defend their home court. They jumped out on a 15-2 run before Christchurch could catch their breath, and was suddenly up 45-36. Runs were sparked by a dominant down-low presence in the second half by the name of Austin Williams, who time after time in the second half managed to follow missed Titan shots with put backs right under the basket. Late in the fourth quarter, as it seemed that the Seahorses were trying to stage a major comeback, sparked by Florida-bound Devin Robinson off of a four-point play from the top of the key, Trinity answered with their sixth man, Senior Camm Johnson, hitting two huge three pointers to put the Titans up by 16 again, 71-55. Both teams played out until the bitter end, the last two minutes basically becoming a free throw shooting contest between the teams, and Trinity hung on as the final buzzer rang, victorious 75-61. 
Josh Brown led the scoring for the Titans, as he's done in 3 of the 4 games this year, with 22 points, followed by Austin Williams, who had a great stat line of 16 points, 12 rebounds, and three blocks. Abe Ferrell-Logan followed behind with 13, while the other senior, Nathan Swift, had a quiet seven points. 
NEXT GAME: Trinity takes on Armstrong High School in the first round of the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament (TDIT), at home in Estes on Friday,  December 20th at 7:30 PM.