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Tritons open basketball tournament with 76-53 loss
Tritons open basketball tournament with 76-53 loss
Tritons open basketball tournament with 76-53 loss
1/13/2022
The Imperials basketball club handed the 91快播 Triton Men鈥檚 Basketball Team its first loss of the 鈥淭ake It 2 the South鈥� tournament on Tuesday night at the Talofofo Gym. With a short-handed team of only five players, Head Coach Dana Holmes and Assistant Coach Mike Cottrell stepped in and joined the team on the court.
The Tritons had a slow start to the game 鈥� only scoring after five minutes had passed in the first half. The team managed to stay close to the Imperials during the first 20 minutes, but the gap widened to 32-21 by halftime.
The Imperials continued their strong performance and pulled further away in the second half to win with a final score of 76-53.
In his first game playing for the Tritons, 91快播 junior Diane鈥� 鈥淒鈥� Blackmon led the Tritons with 17 points, scoring four in the first half and 15 in the second half. Coach Holmes joined Blackmon as the only other double-digit scorer for UOG with 17 points.
For the Imperials, Chris Conner topped the team with 36 points and six three-pointers. Three former Tritons were on the Imperials鈥� roster: A.J. Carlos, Dezdin Fikes, and Raffy Sablan.
UOG will play again at 8 p.m. tonight in an elimination game against team Pudding. Tonight鈥檚 game will determine which team advances to the next match on Tuesday. The Triton games are recorded and posted on the .