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Date: January 28, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

TRINITY MEN'S BASKETBALL BEATS COLBY IN OVERTIME

WATERVILLE, Maine --- John Halas (White Plains, N.Y.) hit a key 3-point shot in overtime to break a 66-66 tie and send Trinity College on to a 76-68 victory over Colby College in New England Small College Athletic Conference men's basketball Friday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.

Tyler Rhoten (Ridgewood, N.J.), Trinity's leading scorer this season, fouled out with 2:07 left in overtime and the score tied 66-66. But Halas hit his big 3-point shot moments later and Robert Taylor III (Dorchester, Mass.) hit a lay-up to give the Bantams a 71-66 margin.

Taylor III finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Trinity (13-4, 3-1 NESCAC). Rhoten had 15 of his 17 points in the second half, while Patrick Hasiuk (Enfield, Conn.) had 13 points and six rebounds. Halas had 15 pionts, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Drew Cohen (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) had 23 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked shots for Colby (10-5, 1-3 NESCAC). Michael Westbrooks (Dublin, Ireland) had 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Nick Farrell (Kennebunk, Maine) had nine assists.