Collegeville, Pa.- Senior tri-captain forward Ryan Uszenski (Woodbridge, N.J.) scored a team-high 20 points, sinking nine out of 11 shots from the field, and added seven rebounds and three steals to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to an 85-80 win over the Ursinus College Bears in men’s basketball action this afternoon at Helferrich Hall. Trinity, playing its first game since December 9, improves to 5-3 with its third straight win, while the Bears drop to 7-4 with their second loss in a row.
Uszenski scored 16 of his points in the second half, after Ursinus junior guard Dennis Stanton (North Wales, Pa.) had knotted the game at 38-38 with a three at the halftime buzzer. The Bantams opened the second half with an 18-7 run to take a 56-45 lead with 13:28 left in the game, but Ursinus used a 16-6 run of their own to pull within one with 7:15 remaining in the contest. Trinity answered with 11 straight points to put the game out of reach.
Uszenski was one of six Bantams in double figures in scoring, as junior guard Shaun Smyth (Manchester, Conn.) added 15 points off the bench and sophomore guard John Halas (White Plains, N.Y.) scored 11 points. Classmate Jesse Farrell (Minneapolis, Minn.) notched 10 points and seven assists, while freshman forward Tyler Rhoten (Ridgewood, N.J.) and sophomore forward Darren Baker (Lakehurst, N.J.) finished with 10 points each. Trinity shot 59.8 percent from the field (34-57), and the Bears hurt themselves with eight made free throws in 24 tries.
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Trinity, Conn. (5-3) | 38 | 47 | 85 |
| Ursinus (7-4) | 38 | 42 | 80 |
SCORING
TC- Ryan Uszenski 9-11 (1) 1-3 20, Shaun Smyth 6-11 (1) 2-2 15, John Halas 3-5
(2) 3-6 11, Jesse Farrell 4-5 2-5 10, Tyler Rhoten 5-10 0-0 10, Darren Baker 4-7
2-3 10, Corey Days 2-4 3-3 7, Kevin Reed 1-3 0-0 2, Aaron Goldstein 0-1 0-0 0,
Ben Max 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 34-57 (4) 13-22 85.
U- Dan Luciano
11-18 5-11 27, Dennis Stanton 7-16 (6) 1-6 21, Steve Erfle (7-13 2-4 16, Bret
Jenkins 4-8 (3) 0-2 11, Mike McGarvey 2-8 (1) 0-0 5, Naquan Williams 0-3 0-0 0,
Luke Marlow 0-0 0-0 0, Brian McEvily 0-2 0-1 0, Ted Piotrowicz 0-0 0-0 0, Laken
Popoola 0-0 0-0 0, Colin Burkhart 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 31-68 (10) 8-24 80.