The word "pounce" is usually associated with some type of cat. Which is why you might find the Title up above a bit ironic. Titans usually don't "pounce" on anything, they battle, or fight for it. But I think it is an appropriate verb for what the Trinity Titans Varsity Basketball team did Thursday Night against The Collegiate Cougars, a mascot which by many means is much more appropriate for the verb usage of "pounce". But as they listened as Coach Hamlin explained his Keys on the whiteboard, they came out focused, and confident, even on the road and shooting warmups right in front of the Collegiate cheering section. A Cougar pounces on its vulnerable prey, and swallows, and goes on with the rest of the day, as if nothing had ever happened. That is exactly what Trinity did to Collegiate to start out the game Thursday night. Trinity opened up the game on a 24-0 run stretching into the second quarter, until 7:20 left in the second quarter (8:40 of game play) when Collegiate scored their first bucket while getting fouled. It showed that the team listened to Coach in the locker room, as their mixture of tenacious defensive play, uptempo offense, and dominant performances from both big men down low, Seniors Nathan Swift, who led the team with 18 points, and Senior Austin Williams, who was all around in the paint, scoring sixteen points and snatching 14 rebounds. The Cougars forwards down low scratched and tried to claw their way for rebounds throughout, but Swift and Williams kept them at a arm's length all night, never letting them see any light at the end of the tunnel. Great ball reversals and ball movement on the offensive end from Guards Abe Ferrell-Logan, Josh Brown, Zane Lewis, and Aaron Duhart kept Collegiate vulnerable all night on the perimeter and on the inside. Abe had 7 of the team's 16 assists on the night, 3 of them coming in the first two minutes of gameplay, all to Swift. Everything seemed to go right for Trinity on Thursday night, as it also seemed to do Saturday night in a 92-56 drubbing of Fork Union. They hope to keep riding their momentum into a fast turnaround on Friday night, when they will face a very talented 14-1 Norfolk Collegiate team at home, who will be one of the hardest opponents for Trinity on the schedule.Check the Twitter account for live updates during that contest, which starts Friday 1/17 at 5:45 PM in Estes gym.
GO TITANS!
