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TRINITY BASKETBALL

January 16, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Trinity Trifecta
Shamrocks Claim Louisville Invitational Tournament
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trinity notched a 50-45 win over Eastern to claim its second Coca-Cola/Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament at Bellarmine’s Knights Hall. Trinity also won the event in 2005.
Leading Mr. Basketball candidate Josh Sewell was named the L.J. Butch Charmoli Most Valuable Player Award Winner, his third Most Valuable Player award winner. He finished with 22 points.
Trinity became the first team to claim the King of the Bluegrass, Republic Bank Holiday Classic and Louisville Invitational Tournament championship in the same year. Trinity claimed the 2009 Canfield Development King of the Bluegrass on Dec. 22, 2009 with a 59-42 win over Seneca. The Rocks won the 2009 Republic Bank Holiday Classic after a 60-58 overtime win against host Lexington Catholic on Dec. 30, 2009. The Shamrocks are the only team in history to reach the finals of all three tournaments in the same year, accomplishing the feat in 2004-2005 as well as this year. Trinity won the Republic Bank Holiday Classic (then the Fifth Third Bank Classic) and Louisville Invitational Tournament but suffered a loss in the finals of the King of the Bluegrass.
Postgame Notes
• Trinity has won 14 straight games, the best streak of the Mike Szabo era.
• The Rocks have won 16 of their last 17 games overall, including 14 straight.
• Trinity has won 15 straight games away from home to start the 2009-2010 season. The longest winning streak away from home during the Szabo era is 17. The 15 wins away from home matches last years season total.
• Trinity is 37-10 over the last two seasons.
• Trinity improved to 7-1 on the season against teams from the Seventh Region.
• Trinity improved to 12-7 in the Louisville Invitational Tournament under head coach Mike Szabo.
• Trinity has now won five of its last six games in the event, including four consecutive.
• Trinity has now won 10 of its last 14 games in the event, dating to the start of the 2005 event.
• Sophomore Nathan Dieudonne started for the third consecutive game. He has four starts on the season.
• Trinity is 4-0 on the season using the lineup of Daniel Corbett, Josh Sewell, Charles Foster, Nathan Dieudonne and Taylor Epley.

Line Score 1 2 3 4 Final Records
(2) Eastern 9 9 10 17 50 12-5
(5) Trinity 11 13 10 16 45 16-2
Eastern (45)- Abell 2, Corlew 2, Gaines 6, Thomas 18, Woods 8, Davis 2, Marks 7
Trinity (50)- Foster 10, Saxton 1, Dieudonne 2, Sewell 22, Epley 13, Kupper 2
Three Point Field Goals- Sewell 2, Epley 3, Gaines 1, Thomas 2, Marks 1