Men's Basketball Suffers First CCAC Conference Loss of the Season in Defeat to Trinity International

DEERFIELD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University men's basketball team suffered its first CCAC Conference loss of the season, falling to Trinity International University by the score of 108-90 on Saturday, November 20 at Van Dixhorn Arena.  The loss dropped the Lakers conference record to 2-1 and their overall record to 4-2 on the year.

Josh Redic opened the game with a three-pointer and a layup in the first 45 seconds of the game to put the Lakers up 5-3 early on.  However, the Trojans came back with the next five points and led 13-9 with 16:32 to go in the first half.  Roosevelt then answered with seven straight points to regain the lead at 16-13 with 14:44 to go, but Trinity International came back to take a 21-20 advantage with 13:10 remaining.

Matt Myers made back-to-back baskets to push the Lakers ahead and Eetu Villa also scored to make it a 26-21 contest.  Roosevelt then led 35-29 on a Ayomide Ajiboye three-pointer, but the Trojans came back to tie the game up at 35-35 and 38-38 before the Lakers made a late first half run.  RU led by 10 points at 50-40 after a Redic three-pointer with just over three minutes to go and maintained a 10-point advantage with a 58-48 margin at the half.

The Lakers increased their lead to 60-48 on an Ajiboye dunk to begin the second half and maintained a double-digit lead until the Trojans cut the deficit to 66-58 with 15:46 left to play.  Trinity International continued to chip away at the Roosevelt lead and made it a 71-68 game with 12:15 to go.  Matt Myers followed with a layup to up the Lakers lead to 73-68, but the Trojans went on a 9-0 run to jump ahead 77-73 with just under 10 minutes left to play.

RU cut the margin to two points at 79-77, but that would be as close as the Lakers would get with TIU going on a 10-0 run to push its lead to 89-77 and maintain its double-digit lead the rest of the way.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt                            58           32           90
                Trinity International        48           60           108

Records: Roosevelt 4-2, 2-1 (CCAC) // Trinity International 4-3, 1-2 (CCAC)

Location: Van Dixhorn Arena | Deerfield, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Justus Mouton scored a team high-19 points to go with four rebounds, three assists, & three steals
• Ayomide Ajiboye tallied 18 points & six rebounds
• Matt Myers added 17 points off the bench
• Josh Redic registered 16 points, five assists, & three steals
• Caleb Brown posted a double-double with 15 points & 11 rebounds
• The Lakers shot 57.4% from the field & 29.4% from behind the arc
• The Trojans shot 58.6% overall & 53.6% from three-point range
• RU outrebounded TIU 32 to 24

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers are now 7-12 all-time versus the Trojans
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers continue CCAC Conference play on Wednesday, November 24 when they host the University of St. Francis (Ill.).  Tip-off is scheduled for 6pm at the Goodman Center in Chicago.