HARTFORD, Conn. – First-year forward
Ben Callahan-Gold (New York, N.Y.) shot 6-for-7 from behind the arc to lead the Trinity College men's basketball team to a 97-32 victory over Pratt Institute on Wednesday night in Ray Oosting Gymnasium. The win marks the second highest point total for the Bantams this season and improves their record to 9-4 while Pratt slides to 4-10. Callahan-Gold and company will host Connecticut College this Saturday at 3 p.m. for a conference matchup inside Oosting Gymnasium.
Trinity scored at will all night and lead by as many as 35 points before entering halftime. All 13 active Bantams scored with Callahan-Gold posting a career-high 26 points and six 3-pointers. The rookie also led his team with nine rebounds and shot an impressive 71% from the field. Sophomore
Gilbert Otoo (Burtonsville, Md.) and first-year
Ethan Yetman (Sydney, Australia) were the other two scorers who reached double-digits on the night for the Blue and Gold, recording 14 and 10 respectively. Yetman who posted a career-high in scoring, also tallied four steals which tied classmate
Sean Macarchuk (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.) who had four take-aways of his own.
As a whole, Trinity shot 53% from the field, 46% from deep and 90% from the line. On the defensive end of the floor, they racked up 14 total steals and outrebounded the Cannoneers 43-24. Patrick O'Gorman led the visitors with 10 points while Thomas Van Trier registered a pair of steals.