Saturday, November 23, 2002

TRINITY MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS IN MONTCLAIR STATE TIP-OFF FINALS

Montclair, N.J.- Freshman guard Antwan Dozier (Pleasantville, N.J.) scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Monclair State University Red Hawks to a 64-57 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in the final round of the Montclair Tip-Off Tournament at Planzer Gymnasium this afternoon.  Trinity evens its record at 1-1, while the Red Hawks improve to 2-0. 

Trinity shot just 36 percent from the field (25-69) and missed 18 out of 19 shots from three-point range.  Bantam senior tri-captain Ryan Uszenski (Woodbridge, N.J.) had a team-high 14 points, along with nine boards, and sophomore guard John Halas (White Plains, N.Y.) scored 11 points to give Trinity two representatives on the all-tournament squad.

Trinity senior tri-captain center Corey Days (Baltimore, Md.) totaled 10 points and seven rebounds, and freshman forward Tyler Rhoten (Ridgewood, N.J.) notched eight points and nine rebounds.

Teams 1st 2nd Final
Trinity, Conn. (1-1) 30 27 57
Montclair State (2-0) 31 33 64

SCORING
TC- Ryan Uszenski 7-15 0-1 14, John Halas 3-15 (1) 4-6 11, Corey Days 5-8 0-0 10, Tyler Rhoten 4-11 0-2 8, Darren Baker 2-6 1-1 5, Jesse Farrell 2-6 0-0 4, Shaun Smyth 1-3 1-2 3, Julius Johnson 1-5 0-0 2, Ben Max 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 25-69 (1) 6-12 57.

MS- Antwan Dozier 6-13 (1) 6-8 19, Jerome Trawick 5-16 4-7 14, Joseph Thomas 2-4 3-5 7, Michael Gluck 3-8 (1) 0-1 7, Ellis Sherrod 2-6 1-3 5, Scott Morin 2-3 0-0 4, Michael Davis 1-6 1-2 3, Pierre Mitchell 1-1 (1) 0-0 3, Joey Matias 1-1 0-0 2, Ben Martinez 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals: 23-60 (3) 15-26 64.