Men’s Basketball Tripped Up at Trinity, 80-59

HARTFORD, Conn.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's basketball team suffered an 80-59 setback at Trinity (Conn.) Tuesday evening in non-league action.

THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 59, Trinity (Conn.) 80
Records: Lions (7-9) | Bantams (14-1)

                                   
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The home team boasted a 17-point lead at the half after outscoring the visitors 37-20 in the first stanza.
• Trinity manufactured 43 second-half points while Eastern Nazarene scored 39 points in the second frame as the Bantams cruised to their fifth-consecutive victory.
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Levi White (Springfield, Mass.) poured in 19 points and gathered eight boards while adding four assists.
• Kobe Jones (Picayune, Miss.) tallied 12 points, two rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
• JaWaun Moore (Dayton, Ohio) finished with 10 points and four assists.
• Eastern Nazarene shot 38.2% from the floor and just 11.8% from three-point territory.
• Trinity concluded the game with a field-goal percentage of 52.6% while connecting on 7-of-21 from behind the arc.
• Jarrel Okorougo paced the Bantams with 17 points and 13 rebounds while CJ Redd netted 14 points.

                                                                                    
LOOKING AHEAD:

Eastern Nazarene hosts New England College January 14 to open New England Collegiate Conference play.