Trinity Open A Basketball wins SAAS Title

The Trinity College Open A Boys Basketball Team are SAAS A1 Champions after a strong 57 to 46 victory over a talented Concordia College team on Saturday 17 August.

It was all about the Trinity defence, as they scrambled and disrupted Concordia's patterns to create a 20-point lead in the second quarter, courtesy of some sublime long-range shooting by game Most Valuable Play (MVP) Jordan Durant (18 points) and strong inside work from Deng Manyang.

Concordia didn't wilt however and created enough pressure to force a series of Trinity turnovers to come storming back in the third. The pressure continued to mount on Trinity, who could not find a decent shot into the fourth quarter and suddenly, it was a six-point game with seven minutes to go and Concordia had all the momentum. Timely buckets from Talon Bomford, Shabani Kuyomba and Durant's fifth three-pointer created enough breathing space in the dying minutes to secure Trinity's fifth A1 SAAS title in eight years.

The Open A Team will now move to the State Knockout Tournament quarter finals against last year's champions Glenunga International High School - a formidable challenge.

Congratulations to Mr Clausen and the team of Deng Manyang (Year 11), Jordan Durant (Year 12), Shabani Kuyomba (Year 11), Talon Bomford (Year 11), Michael Herjok (Year 11), Duot Bul (Year 12), Josh Louis (Year 10), Josh Brawn (Year 10), Sseko Waswani (Year 11), Guet Deng (Year 11), Jamieson Schouten (Year 12) and Mach Kuol (Year 12).

Source: Rupert Sapwell, Director of Sports