Hartford, Conn. – Senior guard Brian Ford (Bronx,
N.Y.) scored a team-high 16 points, sinking three of four
shots from three-point range and all seven of his foul shots, and
added four rebounds to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 66-61
win over the visiting Tufts University Jumbos in New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's basketball action
this afternoon at Oosting Gym. Trinity improves to 13-9
overall and 4-3 in the NESCAC with its third consecutive victory,
while Tufts drops to 11-11 overall and 3-5 in the league with its
second loss in a row. Trinity has clinched its 11th
consecutive appearance in the NESCAC Championship Tournament later
this month.
Tufts used an early 7-0 run to take a 14-8
lead on a three-poiner by sophomore guard Alex Goldfarb
(New York, N.Y.) at the 11:44 mark of the first half, and
led by as many as 12 points in the opening stanza. Ford hit
his third three-pointer of the first half with 15 seconds on the
clock to keep the halftime deficit below single digits at
30-23. The Jumbos outboarded Trinity, 23-17, before the break
and held the home team to seven field goals in 29 tries. Ford
led all first-half scorers with 12 points.
Trinity slowly crawled back into the game in
the second half and finally tied at 54-54 with 2:24 left on a
fastbreak layup and free throw by senior co-captain Jared
Pimm (Chelmsford, Mass.), who drew a foul on the shot
after making a strong move to the basket in transition.
Freshman Eric Dean (Gilford, N.H.) gave the
Bantams the lead for good at 58-56 on two free throws after an
offensive rebound at the one-minute mark, and Trinity drew an
offensive foul on the ensuing Jumbo possession. Dean, Pimm,
and Ford combined to go 8-for-8 from the line in the final 36
seconds to preserve the victory.
Pimm joined Ford and two other Bantams in
double figures in scoring with 14 points, including 12 in the
second half, and added four assists, while senior co-captain
forward Luke MacDougall (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) had
13 points and five rebounds, and Dean totaled 12 points and a
team-high eight boards. Tufts sophomore forward Scott
Anderson (Sudbury, Mass.) led all scorers with 19 points,
nailing three from long range, and added eight rebounds but fouled
out of the game with over four minutes left. Jumbo freshman
guard Kwame Firempong (Inglewood, Calif.) added 14
points and eight assists, including a three-quarter court shot as
time expired.
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