Report by Ryan Marinak
Win 66 to 32
As we approached the last game of the 2014 American basketball tour, the freshman boys were fired up and anxious for the game against William Workman! With sickness running through the squad, Ollie Davis and Edison Chan powered through illness and stepped up to play great basketball resulting in a well earned win for the freshman. Some outstanding performances from Sebastian Diaz and Patrick Di Giannantonio gave the boys a solid foundation for the game. Harry Dunn played some great defense resulting in hasty decisions from the opposition allowing our offense to flow. Some great hustle in the paint shown by Ben, Andrew and Tom led to easy points. We came out of the halftime break with ferocious determination but unfortunately they got the better of us due to poor decision making on offense and a lack of defensive intensity in trialling a new defensive system. James Corbon had a terrific of a game showing his promise for the future of Trinity Basketball with his sweet shot and his attitude and love for the game! Continuos driving to the ring from Ollie Davis and Jed Keogh led to some great offensive for the mighty 'Green Machine'! This game was a great finish to a successful campaign from the freshman squad!
JV Win 58 to 57
Report by Ben Treloar
In the final game of the tour the JV boys gave it their all, leaving nothing on the court. The game was slow to start for Trinity yet Workman High quickly a tallied a 12 point lead within the first 5 minutes of the first quarter. After a quick time out the boys hustled back out with a big focus on maintaining solid defence. Jared Phillis and John Bechara both went to work underneath the basket helping to close the deficet. The second half saw the score line change many times in favor of both teams and the last 4 minutes were destined to be a nail biting affair. Trinity were down 6 points and needed to remain focused as both teams were in foul trouble, with some solid pressure on defence we were able to bring the game back to an even score. With only 30 seconds remaining both teams were trying desperately to get the next score then hold out the other team. A frustrated brain snap saw an offensive foul called on us to see their best shooter drain the two free throws and take the lead. 6 seconds remained and a quick inbound saw Jerimiah Romeo bring up the ball, determined to go coast to coast, driving through the key. His shot went up while collecting several slaps on the arm form the desperate opposition. It seemed like an eternity for the ball to bounce around the rim then drop to square the score. The shot counted, leaving a pressured free throw to win the game. He stepped up and nailed it! Win to JV.
Varsity Loss 72 to 60
Trinity started well against a team who had won 5 of their last 6 conference championships. Jarred Fernandes player one of his best games scoring the first 8 points for the greens. Strong inside play from Callum Price and Riley Smith kept Trinity in the contest at half time though a surge from Lobos saw them kick out to a lead. Trinity replied with some smart play and excellent defence from Lucas Angelakos. Tenacious play from the most consistent player, Max Peters meant the game was always a contest. It has been a tough tour for the Varsity team with different players stepping up each game. Trinity's inability to score at key times and shut teams down has left the side with results to not go their way. Some valuable lessons on and off the court has exposed where work is to be done both collectively and individually.
