HARTFORD, Conn. – The second-seeded Trinity College Men's Basketball team will square off with third-seeded Tufts University in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's Basketball Championship Semifinals at Silloway Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
 
Bantam Bytes

• Trinity holds a 22-3 record and finished with an 8-2 record in NESCAC play.
• The Bantams were ranked sixth in the latest D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Top 25 Poll.
• Trinity is seeking to become the sixth team to win back-to-back NESCAC Men's Basketball Championship titles, and the first since Middlebury in 2016 & 2017.
• The Bantams have won seven games in a row entering the matchup, including a 77-56 victory over seventh-seeded Colby in the Quarterfinals.
• Trinity leads the Nation in Field Goal Percentage Defense (35.25), Scoring Defense (56.0), and Scoring Margin (20.6).
• The Bantams lead the conference in Free Throw Percentage (.768)
• In the NESCAC, Trinity ranks second in Rebounding Margin (9.2), third in Three-Point Field Goal Defense (.294), fourth in Scoring Offense (76.6), fifth in Field Goal Percentage (.445) and Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (.337), and sixth in Rebounding (39.0)
• Junior Henry Vetter paces the NESCAC in Free Throw Percentage (.890) and ranks third in Assists (4.1), sixth in Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (.367), and eighth in Scoring (15.5).
• Junior Jarrel Okorougo is the fourth-leading rebounder in the league, grabbing 6.9 boards per game, while ranking third in Field Goal Percentage (.524) and tenth in Blocks (0.8).
• Junior Drew Lazarre came up just shy of a triple-double in the win over Colby, tallying a game-high 11 rebounds, 10 points and a game-high eight assists.
• Vetter posted a game-high 19 points, while Okorougo recorded 14 points with six rebounds.

 
Scouting Tufts

• Tufts owns a 21-4 record and logged an 8-2 record in conference action.
• The Jumbos checked in at in the latest D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Top 25 Poll.
• Tufts is making their fourth straight appearance in the NESCAC Men's Basketball Championship Semifinals after capturing an 80-70 victory over sixth-seeded Williams College in the Quarterfinals.
• The Jumbos are the second-highest scoring team in the NESCAC, averaging 78.0 points per game, but allowed the fourth-most points per game to opponents (65.1).
• Tufts leads the NESCAC in Field Goal Percentage (.476), and ranks third in Rebounding (41.0) and Rebounding Margin (9.1), fifth in Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (.302), sixth in Opponent Field Goal Percentage (.394) and Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (.337),  and seventh in Free Throw Percentage (.711).
• Scott Gyimesi is a force for the Jumbos, nearly averaging a double-double, ranking sixth in Scoring (16.9) and second in Rebounding (9.9).
• Gyimesi leads the NESCAC in Field Goal Percentage (.604) and sits sixth in Assists (3.0).
• James Morakis leads Tufts in Scoring (17.9), third-most in conference, and ranks fourth in Free Throw Percentage (.845) and sixth in Field Goal Percentage (.508) in the league.
• Joshua Bernstein is averaging 6.4 rebounds, seventh-most in conference.
• Dylan Reilly owns the second-highest Three-Point Field Goal Percentage in conference at .395

 
History

• All-time, the Bantams are 49-39 against the Jumbos, dating back to their inaugural meeting during the 1905-06 season.
• Trinity is riding a four-game win streak over Tufts, including an 81-45 victory earlier this season.
• The Bantams registered a trio of victories over the Jumbos last season, including wins in the NESCAC Men's Basketball Championship Semifinals (80-68) and the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Sweet 16 (70-53).
• In the 81-45 win, Trinity had four scorers in double figures in Vetter (22), Lazarre (19), Okorougo (14) and senior Will Dorion (10).

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